Methane Producing Bacteria Found in the Desert
Researchers have discovered methane-producing microbes in some of the most inhospitable deserts here in Earth, bolstering the theory that methane…
That Neutron Star Should Be a Black Hole
Astronomers were expecting that a massive star in the Westerlund 1 star cluster should have collapsed into a black hole.…
Mars Express Instrument Working Again
When Mars Express' Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) malfunctioned a few months ago, mission controllers weren't sure they could get it…
Pinpointing Huygens
During Cassini's recent Titan flyby on October 28, 2005, it imaged the area where Huygens landed earlier this year. Of…
Massive Star Has a Hot Partner
Eta Carinae is one of the most massive and unusual stars in the Milky Way, and now NASA's Far Ultraviolet…
What If We Burn Everything?
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a detailed model of the Earth's climate over the next few…
Canyons on Dione
This photograph of Saturn's moon Dione was taken by Cassini on Sept. 20, 2005 from a distance of 2.1 million…
Two New Moons for Pluto?
Time to revise your idea of Pluto. New images gathered by the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that this distant…
Book Review: Strange Angel
Is science fiction an arena where fantasies run wild or an experimental lab where new technologies, cultures and even physics…
What’s Up This Week – October 31 – November 6, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! We begin the week on the eve of All Hallows as we learn the significance the Pleiades.…