The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 1 January 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The upcoming total eclipse coming later this year and initial plans and preparations you may want to take to ensure enjoying this spectacle. Happenings with the ongoing…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 12 December 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Now that we have finally received the massive amounts of data sent back to Earth collected in its passes near Pluto. What is NASA now doing with…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 11 November 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The re-programmed WISE space telescope has a renewed mission as NEOWISE. How does its new mission affect you? The article “Cosmic Rays” in the November issue of…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 10 October 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses:  Juno’s first few days at Jupiter. Latest on New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond. Happenings with current and upcoming Mars missions. The end of the Rosetta…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 9 September 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Updates on the Jupiter Juno mission Issues with the Kepler Space Telescope leads to a reassignment of study targets Discrepancies within the Hubble constant used to calculate…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 8 August 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Update on New Horizons and JUNO missions.  New Horizons is now well beyond Pluto and NASA has already identified its next Kuiper Belt object for exploration. JUNO…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 7 July 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Description of NASA’s JUNO mission to Jupiter, which reaches its destination on July 1. Article describes JUNO’s objectives and its timetable of study of the gas giant.…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 6 June 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Summary of what we know about Planet Nine.  Article by Michael Brown of Caltech in Astronomy magazine. New concept about the location of the Milky Way in…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 5 May 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: * The last four of the heavy elements in the seventh row of the periodic table have been created/discovered. Now it is time to give them names. Possibilities have…