Information for those thinking of buying a home telescope

It's a cute graphic, but not much more than that. You move the cursor and the simulated night sky moves in response - and it's a great example of how the Internet can take us in the wrong direction. Do you remember kids getting books and ... gasp ... going outdoors at night, looking upward and finding those constellations, instead of searching for them on an animation?

Images seen through the Hubble telescope

Infrared photos of a few extrasolar planets. Don't expect much - you just see points of light - but they've been imaged in Infrared light.

The seasonal ice cap at the Martian south pole (the one made of dry ice) is evaporating as Astronomers at the University of Arizona watch. A brief discussion of the geology that results.

Find out if any upcoming solar storms are approaching.