Astrosphere for June 27, 2007
Just give you all a warning, I’m going to be moving back to Vancouver, Canada in 2 days, so there might be a few interruptions. I’ll try to keep it to a minimum.
Today’s astrophoto comes from Paul F. Campbell. It’s a series of pictures of the Moon stitched together into a mosaic.
John Moore has created a detailed poster of the Moon.
Scientific American has an interesting story about Transient Lunar Phenomena. They’re not UFOs, just outgassing on the Moon.
Steinn Sigurdsson reports that a planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf.
What’s worse, a fast moving star moving through the Solar System, or a slow moving one? systemic has the surprising answer.
Pamela Gay continues blogging about The Universe on The History Channel. If only we had that kind of budget for Astronomy Cast.
I agree with George Dvorsky on his Sentient Developments blog. If aliens wanted us dead, they’d have done it a long time ago.
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