What’s Up This Week – July 18 – July 24, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! We'll begin this week by watching the dance of Venus and viewing beautiful star system Omicron Cygni.…
Book Review: Reflections from Earth Orbit
Some children do grow up and become space travellers. Along the way a series of powerful experiences may act as…
Pandora and Prometheus
In this nearly side-view of Saturn's rings, it's possible to see the two ring shepherd moons: Pandora (right) and Prometheus…
Strange White Streak on Titan
During a recent flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, NASA's Cassini spacecraft got a good look at the bright Xanadu…
APEX Telescope Sees First Light
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) achieved a new milestone this week when it made its first observations. APEX consists of…
Nicholson Crater on Mars
The European Space Agency's Mars Express has taken an new photograph of Nicholson Crater, located at the southern edge of…
Martian Dust Devils Will Plague Astronauts
When the first astronauts set foot on Mars, they'll need to keep a nervous eye out for the many dust…
Discovery Won’t Launch Before Sunday
NASA has announced that the space shuttle Discovery's earliest launch window will be on Sunday, July 17 at 1914 UTC…
Satellite Can Tell When Ice is Melting
The analysis software that NASA uses to inspect photographs of the Earth is starting to recognize changing events on our…
Planet Found in Triple Star System
A backdrop in many science fiction stories is to have multiple suns in the sky. Astronomers have now found such…