One of the Astronomer badge requirements is to use a seasonal star chart. One of the most compact and useful star charts is called a Planis...

I've been on the lookout for interesting and useful Scouting Blogs (and web sites) and will be reporting on some of these in the near fu...

A recently discovered asteroid , known as 2007 TU24 , will pass "close" to Earth on January 29th, 2008 and a day before the predic...

At our last meeting, we had a visit from the Toronto Fire Service. We learned about basic fire safety, including: smoke alarms (batteries an...

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. EST is the full Wolf Moon! It may just be visible in the western sky when you wake and before school...

Earth Hour is an interesting idea cooked up by the citizens of Sydney Australia and begun on March 31st, 2007. From the Toronto Star , More...

A sunrise calculator for Canada can be found here . This calculates Civil and Nautical twilight but not Astronomical twilight. For definiti...

The Tides Game is an educational steam-off game. The game illustrates the affect of the moon on the Earth's Oceans. The players: "...

The David Dunlop Observtory (DDO) in Richmond Hill is being sold off by the University of Toronto. The claim is that the DDO is no longe...

Here are a few links to some interesting astronomy articles from (mostly) last year. Will an asteroid whack Mars, here ? The importance of s...

I'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy holidays. I'd like to share a gift that I received the other day. One of the ...

A few people ask me about my cub leader name. Why Mang they ask? When I joined the 433rd, we had our Akela and our Bagheera . And since ...

Image courtesy of NASA APOD, click image for more info (Credit & Copyright: Matthew Spinelli) Fall stargazing can be tough with all the ...