Win a copy of Distant Suns for your iPhone and show us your Perseid meteor shots
Filed under: Cool tools, iPhone, iPod touch
The Perseid meteor shower should peak tomorrow, August 12, and stay spectacular for a few days after. If you've got the means, I highly recommend you check it out. Quite a show. I'm not sure...Distant Suns for iPhone update: Sky no longer the limit
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
In this International Year of Astronomy we're seeing a small explosion of astronomy apps updated both for the Mac and the iPhone.One of my favorites, Distant Suns [App...
iPhone astronomy app, SkyVoyager, free today
Filed under: Freeware, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
Regular readers will know I'm hooked on astronomy programs, and we've reviewed quite a few in this International Year of Astronomy.Today only, Carina Software, one...
Hope you got ‘em while they were hot — Carina Voyager and SkyGazer
Filed under: Software, Education, Odds and ends
Over the weekend, we posted information about Carina Software's software giveaway to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Today (July 20th) is the day, and for a limited time this...Celebrate “One Small Step” + 40 with free Carina astronomy apps
Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, Freeware, Leopard, iPhone, iPod touch
On July 20th, 1969, I was an 11 year-old nerd who loved space. Along with billions of other people in the rest of the developed world,...Pocket Universe ups the astronomy app ante
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
When the fireworks stop and the smoke clears, it would be a great weekend to look at our beautiful summer skies. Pocket Universe [App Store] is a US$2.99 app that...Snowfall on Mars? NASA’s Phoenix Lander recorded it
NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander, which spent the summer in Mars' northern polar regions performing a variety of science experiments, caused quite...

