Fly Through of a Martian Canyon
Flight through Mariner Valley. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge. NASA researchers have created a virtual fly through of Valles…
Super Earths Might Be Common
Artist illustration of a super Earth. Image credit: CfA. Click to enlarge. Nearly all the extrasolar planets discovered have been…
Pluto and Its Moons Were Born Together
Pluto and its three moons. Image credit: Hubble. Click to enlarge. New photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope provide evidence…
What’s Up This Week – March 13 – March 19, 2006
Download our free "What's Up 2006" ebook, with entries like this for every day of the year. Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers!…
Astrophoto: The Vela Supernova Remnant by Loke Kun Tan
The Vela Supernova Remnant by Loke Kun Tan About 11,000 years ago, around the dawn of human history, a fantastic…
The NASA Science Missions Getting Cut
Artist illustration of the Dawn mission, now cancelled. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge. With the release NASA's 2007 budget…
Book Review: Chasing Hubble’s Shadows
Coaxing meaning out of a dash of colour is no trivial feat in observational astronomy. A minute arc of red…
NASA Orbiter Arrives at Mars
NASA's Mars orbiter approaching Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL Click to enlarge Mars added a new satellite today, when NASA's Mars…
GIOVE A Transmits Loud and Clear
Chilbolton Observatory. Image credit: ESA Click to enlarge After a successful launch on 28 December 2005, GIOVE A began transmitting…
Merging White Dwarfs Create Helium Stars
Harlan J. Smith Telescope. Image credit: Marty Harris/McDonald Observatory. Click to enlarge An international group of astronomers has used the…