Jamie Carter

Forbes

Northern Lights Alert: Aurora May Reach 20 States Tuesday Night

By: Jamie Carter

NOAA forecasts a G1 solar storm Tuesday night, while the UK Met Office sees a chance of G2 conditions that could push the northern lights into 20 U.S. states.

Forbes

How To See The Zodiacal Light — The Solar System’s ‘False Dawn’

By: Jamie Carter

The zodiacal light — an eerie pyramid of sunlight reflected by interplanetary dust — is about to appear before sunrise. Here’s when and where to look.

Digital Camera World

Dwarflab’s new Draco smart telescope brings industry-first wide aperture and a larger camera sensor than its rivals

By: Jamie Carter

A rotating sensor, five-minute exposures without an EQ mount and active cooling headline Dwarflab’s most ambitious smart telescope yet.

Forbes

Venus Is Not Dead, Scientists Say

By: Jamie Carter

New research argues that the planet's rift valleys may indicate continuing tectonic activity, challenging the picture of a geologically inactive Venus.

Live Science

A Harvest Moon with 5 planets on the side: September is the best month for stargazing, ‪and this year is extra special

By: Jamie Carter, Brandon Specktor, Laura Mondragón

Generally mild weather and increasing hours of darkness make September a great month for observing, and this year, there's a particularly busy sky.

Space.com

A star is exploding 45 million light-years away — here's how you can see it

By: Jamie Carter

The newly discovered Type Ia supernova SN 2026aaiv in NGC 7331 offers amateur astronomers and astrophotographers a rare opportunity to observe and image an exploding star before it fades.

Space.com

I've chased the 'false dawn' for years — this is the week to find and photograph it

By: Jamie Carter

September's new moon opens a dark window for seeing zodiacal light, the ghostly cone of interplanetary dust that rises above the eastern horizon before dawn.

MSN

A harvest moon with 5 planets on the side: Why September is the best month all year for stargazing

By: Jamie Carter

There may be no better month to get outside and look at the stars than September, when warm evenings meet rapidly lengthening nights, the Milky Way

Forbes

Earth Is A Sitting Duck If Sun Unleashes Superstorm, Scientists Say

By: Jamie Carter

Extreme geomagnetic storms could impact Earth twice as strongly as thought after researchers found a statistical bias may have hidden their true power.

Live Science

Haunting Hubble telescope image captures cosmic cycle of destruction and creation —‬ Space photo of the week

By: Brandon Specktor, Laura Mondragón, Jamie Carter

A spectacular new Hubble Space Telescope image reveals almost 30,000 newborn stars around an enormous cavity carved into a stellar nursery in a neighboring galaxy.