New Horizons Arrives at Cape Canaveral
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has arrived at Florida's Cape Canaveral to be prepared for launch. If all goes well, New…
SMART-1’s Mission Extended a Year
ESA engineers have figured out how to extend the life of SMART-1's ion engine, giving the mission more time to…
What’s Up This Week – September 26 – October 2, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Ah, yes. Dark skies are ours again and we'll begin the week with the magnificent M2. There…
Astrophoto: Dumbell Nebula (M27) by Shahriar Davoodian
Shahriar Davoodian took this cool picture of the Dumbell Nebula (M27) from Damavand, Iran. He used a Canon EOS 300D…
Report from Toronto’s Lunar Conference
That which was old is new again. The Moon, once thought a 'fait accompli', is now firmly back in the…
ESA Picks an Asteroid to Move
Instead of waiting for asteroids to slam into the Earth, the European Space Agency is working on a mission that…
Delta Launches New GPS Satellite
A Boeing Delta II rocket successfully launched the first of a new class of modernized Block IIR global positioning system…
Book Review: The Dancing Universe
Researchers answer their true calling by flinging themself headlong into discovering and perhaps add a little more to humanity's collective…
Astrophoto: Minotaur Launch Trail by Joe Cahak
Joe Cahak captured this beautiful photograph of light from the setting Sun glinting off the launch trail left by yesterday's…
Satellite Picture of Hurricane Rita
The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite took this photo of Hurricane Rita on September 22, 2005 as it was passing…