Distant Galaxy is Too Massive For Current Theories
The latest images released from the Hubble Space Telescope pinpoint an enormous galaxy located almost 13 billion light-years away -…
Astrophoto: NGC 253
Paul Mayo captured this photograph of NGC 253 from his backyard observatory in Newcastle Australia. Paul used a Canon EOS…
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…