Astronomy magazine’s tour group of 22, accompanied by Chris McKay of NASA Ames, Melita Thorpe of MWT Associates, and your editor, enjoyed its last day of touring Tunisia on Monday, March 28. Intermittent Wi-Fi availability at our final hotel delayed...

Many of my American friends seem slightly startled to recall that there’s another Georgia in the world besides the “Peach State.” Some of my astronomy friends, though, might be surprised to learn about a discipline related to their field...

Astronomy magazine’s group of Tunisian travelers, 22 strong and accompanied by Chris McKay of NASA Ames, Melita Thorpe of MWT Associates, and me, had a very busy weekend. On Saturday, March 26, we employed Tozeur, Tunisia, in the far west, as a...

Today’s blog covers the past two days of our Tunisian trip as the Internet at our hotel in Matmata dropped out Thursday night. The Astronomy magazine group is now headquartered at a fine hotel in Tozeur, in western Tunisia, for the next couple of...

In my role as photo editor here at Astronomy magazine, I receive a great deal of images but surprisingly few videos. So, when a nice one does come in, I’m eager to share it. Astroimager Miguel Claro, who lives in Corroios, Portugal, sent in this...

Imagine picking up a piece of the asteroid Vesta from a rocky desert hillside, the first person ever to touch that meteorite in history. That’s exactly what all of the members of Astronomy magazine’s Tunisian tour group got to do around noontime...

Astronomy magazine is teaming up with LightBuckets Online Telescopes to bring the best images from amateur astronomers around the world to Astronomy.com. LightBuckets, located under the dark and steady skies of Rodeo, New Mexico, features a 24-inch...

On Tuesday, March 22, our intrepid tour group of 22 Astronomy magazine readers, accompanied by me, planetary scientist Chris McKay, and Melita Thorpe of MWT Associates, continued our journey through Tunisia. Having stayed overnight in Sfax, one of Tunisia’s...

Astronomy magazine’s trip to Tunisia with 22 of our readers, in partnership with Melita Thorpe of MWT Associates, started out fluidly as adventurers came to the African country from the United States and a few other regions on Saturday, March 19...

The Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, is mounting the exhibition “Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography” in the latter half of 2012. The exhibition will include a juried section and is open to imagers from around the world...

As we’ve let slip in the past, we here at Astronomy magazine are fans of eating . We’re also somewhat geeky, as you might expect given what we do. So as you can imagine, Pi Day is a pretty big deal around here. First begun in these offices...

On Saturday, March 19, I'll be leaving for Tunisia. Yes, that's leaving for Tunisia. For the most part, the political climate has calmed in that North African country, although the ongoing turmoil in neighboring Libya has flooded the region with...

Astronomy magazine contributor Allen Fredrickson has attended a lot of space shuttle launches. For several recent ones, he has acted as a press correspondent for Astronomy . He returned to Kennedy Space Center in Florida February 24 to witness space shuttle...

Guest blog from Stephen G. Cullen, president/CEO of LightBuckets online telescopes: The final day of the Telescopes from Afar Conference in Hawaii was as interesting as the first. The presentations included discussions about Mauna Kea weather forecasting...

As the saying goes: all good things must come to an end. And so, the 2011 Winter Star Party (WSP) in Marathon, Florida, is over. The awards ceremony and door prizes on Friday, March 4, recognized some of the fine astrophotography done at the WSP, as well...

Guest blog from Stephen G. Cullen, president/CEO of LightBuckets online telescopes: The first day of the inaugural Telescopes from Afar Conference in Hawaii proved to be a very fruitful event on many fronts. The speakers came prepared with excellent...

I write this Thursday morning, March 3. Festivities are in their fourth day at the 2011 Winter Star Party (WSP) in Marathon, Florida. Monday night’s sky was terrific. Tuesday night it rained, and last night brought a mix of mostly clouds with some...

Guest blog from Stephen G. Cullen : It’s a tough assignment, but someone has to do it, so here I am at the inaugural Telescopes from Afar Conference on the Big Island of Hawaii. The conference, sponsored by the good people at the Canada-France...