Quadrantids Meteor Shower This Week
Should be a good show but the brightness of the moon could hinder observations. The beginning of the 2013 shower will begin overnight Jan. 1 into Jan. 2. Quadrantids, named…
Category Archives: Astronomy
The Potentially Habitable Universe Around Us
More exoplanets than expected in the first year of the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog. The first confirmed extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, were discovered from the Arecibo Observatory twenty years ago, in 1992. These…
Solar Cycle 24 not following Sun Spot Activity Predictions
Every eleven years the sun experiences a peak of sun spot activity, we are nearing this peak period now but activity is low and below predictions. As you can see…
Two Nearby Habitable Candidate Worlds found at Tau Ceti
An international group of scientist led by Mikko Toumi, from the University of Hertfordshire, announced the potential discovery of five planets around the nearby star Tau Ceti (aka HD 10700 or Gliese…
Beautiful Image Created by Giant Star Zeta Ophiuchi
Sweeping majestic clouds in space lit by surrounding stars are normally the creation of artists but this image is real. Looking like a picture from a science fiction movie this image was…
SDO captures image of Comet Lovejoy as it grazes the Sun
On Dec. 15, 2011, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured image of Comet Lovejoy approaching the sun. The images and data collected by NASA’s solar observing fleet can help scientists learn…
NEW – Astronomical Events Section Added to KnowledgeOrb
New to KnowledgeOrb we have added a section which highlights astronomical events such as moon phases, meteor showers, near earth asteroids, planet conjunctions and more. Below you will see a…
Geminid Meteor Shower Fireball Captured Dec 14, 2012
The December 2012 Geminid shower produced 50 or more meteors per hour. One of two major showers per year it’s either the August Perseids or the December Geminids that give…
