The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 3 March 2019 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Exoplanet hunter TESS has begun surveying the southern hemisphere sky for planets orbiting stars. After 15 years of productive exploration, Mars rover Opportunity has been declared dead by NASA. The dust storm…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 2 February 2019 By Bob Patsiga         In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: China puts a lander and rover on the far side of the Moon. They try raising plants there too. NASA and Japan send probes to two…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 1 January 2019 By Bob Patsiga In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The international committee that governs weights and measures have re-established the standard for the kilogram. What are they goign to use now? The Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 has…