NASA this week announced that further study of data received from the Cassini mission to Saturn has revealed the presence of phosphorous on its moon, Enceladus. Hi resolution image of Enceladus showing its "tiger stripes" (via NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) Despite...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory reached a major construction recently. The primary instrument at this revolutionary facility is called the Simonyi Survey Telescope. The massive telescope mount and surrounding structure is ready to be fitted with a "dummy" full size...
NEAF is back for 2023! The world's largest telescope and astro equipment expo back for the first in-person event since the pandemic. BINTEL is attending NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum and Space Expo) in the USA and will be reporting from...
More magic from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) The planet Uranus and its rings. First observed via telescope in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, Uranus is the seventh planet in the Solar System was the first one we learned...
Will an asteroid really hit the Earth on Valentine's Day in 2046? Probably not! There's been a lot of press coverage recently about the likelihood of an asteroid impact, like this article from CNN. The short is answer is probably...
