Bob King
West Central Tribune
Minnesota, United States
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Astro Bob: Full-moon forest creatures; Curiosity photographs Martian crepuscular rays
Can you find the animals in Tuesday night's full moon? NASA's Curiosity rover photographs colorful Martian clouds. → Read More
Astro Bob: Satellite streaks spoil Hubble photos
The spectacular increase in the number of satellites in recent years is now affecting Hubble images. → Read More
Astro Bob: March sky celestial highlights
Our March astronomical calendar features several nice conjunctions and a delightful Arabic star group near the Big Dipper. → Read More
Astro Bob: Asteroid 2023 CX1 explodes over France; Venus greets Neptune
Astronomers discovered an asteroid just hours before it safely struck Earth's atmosphere. And thanks to Venus, we'll easily find Neptune this week. → Read More
Astro Bob: Tag along with Mars to Hyades
With a little help from the red planet, we'll find the Hyades star cluster and its striking double star, Theta Tauri. → Read More
Astro Bob: South Korea's first moon mission looks back at Earth
The Danuri probe recently entered lunar orbit and delivered stunning scenes of the planet. → Read More
Astro Bob: NASA's NEO Surveyor to hunt down killer asteroids from space
Bad-boy space rocks take note. There will soon be a new cop on the block. → Read More
Astro Bob: Asteroid discovered just hours before crashing to Earth
An meter-wide asteroid came down over southern Ontario not far from Niagara Falls this weekend. Astronomers saw it coming. → Read More
Astro Bob: New Webb images showcase Jupiter's intense auroras, dusky rings
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a hidden face of the solar system's biggest planet. → Read More
Astro Bob: See Saturn at its biggest and brightest of the year
On Aug. 14, Saturn and the Earth will be shy of a billion miles apart — as close as they get in 2022. → Read More
Astro Bob: Full Sturgeon Moon aligns with ring king
On Thursday, Aug. 11, the full moon will be in conjunction with Saturn. Watch them sail together across the southern sky. → Read More
Astro Bob: Aurora alert July 21-23, plus planet happenings
We have a fair chance of seeing northern lights the next few nights as multiple blasts arrive from the sun. → Read More
Astro Bob: Full Buck Moon biggest of year
Find a scenic spot to watch an oversized full moon rise Wednesday night, July 13. → Read More
Astro Bob: See northern lights in 3D, plus a July 5-6 aurora alert
With two cameras separated by a few miles it's possible to create stereo photo pairs of the aurora borealis. → Read More
Astro Bob: See all five planets line up in order at dawn
This remarkable planet parade won't happen again until 2041. → Read More
Astro Bob: Doughnut of the deeps! First peeps of Milky Way's black hole
Astronomers release the first photos of the monster, gyrating black hole at the heart of the galaxy. → Read More
Astro Bob: Oh, how pretty! Venus, Jupiter, slender moon converge at dawn
About an hour before sunrise Wednesday, April 27, the two brightest planets and waning moon scrunch together in the southeastern sky. → Read More
Astro Bob: Meet Leo, one of spring's easiest-to-see constellations
The most ferocious lion known stalks the spring sky. Isn't it time you met Leo? → Read More
Astro Bob: Earth huddles closer to the fire this week
On Jan. 4, the Earth reached perihelion, the point in its orbit when it's nearest the sun. → Read More
Astro Bob: Mercury and Mars make merry on New Year's Eve
As 2021 concludes, Mercury pokes its head into the evening sky, while Mars returns at dawn. → Read More