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Gassendi Crater on the Moon
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft captured this image of crater Gassendi on the Moon. The spacecraft's advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) captured…
Radio Telescope Will Look Back to the Beginning
The Mileura Widefield Array - Low Frequency Demonstrator was awarded $4.9 million in funding from the National Science Foundation this…
Discovery Docks Safely with the Station
The space shuttle Discovery linked up with the International Space Station this morning after astronauts gave it a thorough inspection…
Book Review: Solar System Observer’s Guide
Postage stamp collectors often concentrate on particular types or themes. Amateur astronomers do the same, as a wealth of viewing…
Secrets Revealed in Saturn’s Faintest Rings
New photos of Saturn's E ring shows how it has a similar double-banded structure to Jupiter's ring. Thanks to data…
Astrophoto: The Crescent Nebula by Nicolas Outters
Nothing lasts forever. Even the stars in space have a beginning and an end. The length of time that a…
Sky Shade Could Reveal Planets
Space telescopes designed to observe distant planets need to be powerful, but they also need some method of blocking the…
Discovery Blasts Off
The space shuttle Discovery roared into orbit from Cape Canaveral today, after two days of delays. The first launch in…
What’s Up this Week: July 3 – July 9, 2006
This week we travel across the Moon, probe Jupiter's close approach, see the after effects of a recent supernova, and…