Roaming Astronomer

Jupiter Fireball Jupiter is becoming quite popular planet...for impacts, that is. On August 20 at 18:22 UTC, two amateur astronomers in Ja...

Perseids Afterglow and U.S. Priorities for the Next Decade Perseids Afterglow The peak of the Perseid meteor shower may be past, but the...

2010 Perseid Meteor Shower Underway The Perseid meteor shower is one of the three best annual showers, the other two being the Orionid sh...

Lasers Take the Twinkle Out of the Night Sky If you are a hopeless romantic, you probably love to see a nighttime sky filled with twinklin...

Sol Awakens On Sunday, August 1st at 8:55 UTC, our star, known as Sol, finally stirred after a year of slumber. The signs are telling astr...

Alonso Theatre Department Does Great! Hey, friends. I'm taking time out to promote another blog. The Arts Council of Hillsborough Co...

The People Sang Praises to God (2 Chronicles 3:1-17; 5:1-14) God blessed His servant King David in many ways but He chose David’s son, So...

A Very Special Night (Luke 2:1-20) Around the age of twenty years, a young Gaius Octavius Thurinus was adopted by his great-uncle, the R...

Joseph Learns About Jesus (Matthew 1:18-26) Who was Joseph--God’s choice for the earthly father of Jesus? Why did God choose him? The Bib...

Mary, God's Servant (Luke 1:26-56) Hundreds of years before Jesus' birth, many of God's prophets spoke about the birth and t...

Hannah was Thankful for Answered Prayer (1 Samuel 1:1-20) Hannah was first of the two wives of Elkanah. The second wife was Peninnah. Elk...

David’s Efforts to Worship and Give Thanks (1 Chronicles 13; 15:1-4, 11-12, 14-28; 16:1-43) King David made two attempts to return t...

Elijah Prayed and Knew that God Would Help (1 Kings 17:1-24; 18:1-2, 41-46; James 5:17-18) Elijah was a prophet of God in Israel about ni...

The Vatican Joins the Search for E.T. I’ve got a quickie, today. And it’s an interesting one. It seems that the Vatican has come a long wa...

The “Cassiopeia A” Puzzle May Be Solved Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A is one of the youngest in the Milky Way Galaxy, located about 3.4 k...

Andromeda The constellation Andromeda is one of the six predominant evening constellations in the month of November for the Northern Hemis...

Cornelius and Peter asked and God Answered (Acts 10:1-33) Ever had a dream that seemed so real that it still affected you after you awoke...

Astronomy is for Everyone, Part Four Welcome back to our series on getting started right in amateur astronomy. Last time, we looked at tel...

 The Thirty-Meter Telescope is Coming in 2018 Near Pasadena, California, a team of scientists, engineers, and project specialist are busil...

Jesus’ Teachings on Prayer (Matthew 4:23-25; 5:1-2; 6:5-13) What is prayer? In the most basic sense, prayer is talking to God. Through pr...