Methane Release Raised Earth Temperatures 180 Million Years Ago
Researchers from Open University have uncovered that the Earth suffered a sudden, severe period of global warming approximately 180 million…
Ghostly Spokes in the Rings
Scientists celebrated this week after finally seeing ghostly spokes in Saturn's rings. These spokes were first discovered by NASA's Voyager…
Shoreline Found on Titan
Cassini has taken images of what seems to be an ancient shoreline cutting across Titan's southern hemisphere. The shoreline runs…
Book Review: The Rocket Company
Some people dream in black and white while others dream in techni-colour. Daydreamers wander the realm of possibilities just as…
What’s Up This Week – September 19 – September 25, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Let's begin the week early in the morning by watching Saturn dancing near the "Beehive", move into…
New Details About Return to the Moon
NASA has unveiled more details about its upcoming series of missions to return humans to the Moon as early as…
Leftover Material Caused the Late Heavy Bombardment
Planets in the inner Solar System suffered two devastating periods of asteroid bombardment. Scientists are fairly certain that the early…
What the Ground Telescopes Saw During Deep Impact
Researchers have had a few months to crunch through the data collected during Deep Impact's collision with Comet Tempel 1.…
Two Weather Satellites About to Launch
NASA has two new Earth Observation satellites in the final stages of preparation before their launch: CloudSat and Calipso. The…
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Open House
Since it's in my neighbourhood, globally speaking, I thought I'd mention that the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, which is located…