The Dune Prequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

 
(Note: all cover art is by Stephen Youll. Check him out at: http://www.stephenyoull.com/ )
   Anyone who has followed the Sci-Fi portion of this blog knows that we here at Astroguyz tend to despise sequels. Instead of milking the one original idea a writer may have ever had, why not come up with something new and original? [...]

Observing Challenge: Sighting Extremely Slender Moons Part I

 
New Moon. (Source: Astronomy Picture of the Day. Credit: Stefan Seip.)
We here at Astroguyz always love a good challenge. Maybe I’ll never climb Everest or run an ultra marathon in Death Valley, but visual observation challenges happen in our local sky nightly. 

March 2008: Upcoming Astronews and Notes.

Endeavor posed for Launch (Credit: NASA).
Folks in the northern hemisphere, mark your calendars: spring in the form of the vernal equinox begins at 01:48am EST March 24th. That signals the end of what’s been a long, snowy season for North America, although I bet we’ll see at least one more snow storm here in northern [...]

Seeing in the Dark by Timothy Ferris

UPDATE! PBS will be airing “Seeing in the Dark” once again on Wenesday, June 11th at 8pm.
Most astronomers are amateurs at heart. To be sure, some come into the field via theoretical physics, but few can resist the urge to peek through a telescope. The PBS Documentary “Seeing in the Dark” by Timothy Ferris does a huge [...]