DVD Review: Dune – Extended Edition
Being a messiah can't be easy. For one thing, you have to have many disadvantaged people to lead. As well,…
Hubble View of a Pinwheel-Shaped Galaxy
This photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the pinwheel-shaped galaxy NGC 1309. Some of the interesting features are…
The Case of the Stolen Stars
At some point in the distant past, our own Milky Way robbed the low-mass stars from globular cluster M12. This…
Young Enceladus
It's easy to see the "wrinkly" features on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This actually means that portions of…
Book Review: Saturn V
As rockets go, the Saturn V will remain as the champion of its century. A concerted engineering effort brought theory…
What’s Up This Week – February 6 – February 12, 2006
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The Moon is back in style and this week we'll be studying lunar features as well a…
Hot Halo Surrounds Distant Galaxy
New Chandra observations of spiral galaxy NGC 5746 have revealed a large halo of hot gas surrounding the optical disk…
Rough and Tumble Hyperion
Cassini captured this image of Saturn's moon Hyperion during a distant encounter in December, 2005. Hyperion is only 280 km…
Claritas Fossae on Mars
This is an image of the Claritas Fossae region on the surface of Mars. The photograph was taken by ESA's…
Astrophoto: M-81 by Tom Davis
In the Northern hemisphere, winter solstice marks the shortest period of daylight during the year. The long nights host an…