The Messier Catalog

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50097739281_037eb033d9_o.png
I need to get one of these printed large. 

Data-driven Astronomy

https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-driven-astronomy
would love to take this class. 

Astronomy - Telescopes For Beginners

https://www.spaceracetoday.com/post/astronomy-telescopes-for-beginners
Good piece about basic telescopes. 

Love this image

https://i.imgur.com/IzPxFqp.jpg

Amateur Don Machholz Discovers His 12th Comet!

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/machholz-12th-comet/
One of the true heros of citizen science discovers his 12th comet!

The 8-dimensional space that must be searched for alien life

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612232/the-8-dimensional-space-that-must-be-searched-for-alien-life/
Has SETI failed, or not quite started?

The Milky Way Died 7 Billion Years Ago And Came Back To Life

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a22823197/the-milky-way-died-7-billion-years-ago-and-came-back-to-life/
Is the Milky Way a two-stage galaxy? Could be...

9 telescopes that will change how we see space

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/blogs/6-new-telescopes-that-will-change-the-way-we-see-space
Not all the new telescopes coming online are huge.

Are We Headed Towards Another Deep Solar Minimum?

https://www.universetoday.com/139189/are-we-headed-towards-another-deep-solar-minimum
Looks like we're heading toward another deep solar minimum. Winter is coming!

Hearing the cosmic hum of 100,000 black-hole mergers

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/04/hearing-the-cosmic-hum-of-100000-black-hole-mergers
Looking forward to hearing this.

Heavens Above

http://www.heavens-above.com/
Old-school but still cool astronomy site, especially ephemera.

Idaho hopes to bring stargazers to first US dark sky reserve

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article173461901.html
Idaho wants to rope off a dark sky reserve. Don't we have a community like this in Georgia?

bserving and Photographing the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

http://www.astropix.com/html/i_astrop/2017_eclipse/Eclipse_2017.html
info on the 2017 solar eclipse

How to photograph the stars, moon, and Milky Way: a beginner’s guide to night landscape & astrophotography

http://sympathink.com/night-photography-tips-stars-moon-milky-way-astrophotography-guide/
intro to astrophotography

Today Is “Galactic Tick Day”!

http://nautil.us/blog/today-is-galactic-tick-day
A day late, but still good to celebrate Galactic Tick Day. Every 1/100th of an arc-second of revolution. 

Looking for Life Around Red Giant Stars

http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=35633

apparently there could be habitable zones around red giant stars. like Saturn's neighborhood?