Expedition 12 Completes First Spacewalk
Expedition 12 Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Commander Bill McArthur spent over 5 hours outside the International Space Station, performing…
Ultraviolet Haze at Titan
Cassini snapped this picture of Titan on September 24, 2005, before its recent flyby. If you look carefully, you can…
What’s Up This Week – November 7 – November 13, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! "It is a most beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon." Take Galileo's…
Book Review: On the Shores of the Unknown
The history of our universe encompasses all. Our existence and the existence of every other atom can be traced back…
Massive B-15A Iceberg Breaks Up
After 5 years afloat, the gigantic B-15A iceberg has broken up off the coast of Antarctica's Cape Adare. This image…
Landmarks on Titan
Cassini's latest flyby of Titan on October 28, 2005 took it directly over Huygen's landing site, allowing scientists to match…
Inmarsat Launch Delayed
The launch of Inmarsat-4 F2 from the floating Sea Launch platform has been pushed back a day because a software…
ESO Image of Robert’s Quartet
The European Southern Observatory has released a beautiful high resolution image of Robert's Quartet; a group of 4 very different…
Venus Mission Will Reveal Some Surprises
The European Space Agency's upcoming Venus Express mission to our planet's "evil twin" should reveal a planet of extremes, and…
Greenland’s Ice Sheet is Growing
After gathering data on Greenland for more than a decade, ESA scientists have reported that the island's ice sheet is…