Supply Ship Blasts Off With Special Camera

20 years ago

The 17th Progress cargo ship blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome yesterday, carrying two tonnes of supplies for the International…

What’s Up This Week – Feb 27 – Mar 6, 2005

20 years ago

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As another month ends and a new one begins, let's celebrate the early evening dark and "set…

Cargo Ship Ready for Liftoff with Station Supplies

20 years ago

An unmanned Progress cargo ship is about to blast off from Kazakhstan, carrying much needed supplies to the International Space…

Book Review: Patrick Moore: The Autobiography

20 years ago

What drives a person to write an autobiography? Maybe being a central character in a world shaping event would do…

Rainbows on Titan

20 years ago

When Huygens landed on Titan, it saw river channels, beaches, islands and swirling fog. So Saturn's largest moon is definitely…

Cassini Images Saturn’s Radiation Belts

20 years ago

Scientists have captured an image of Saturn's magnetic field using a special instrument on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft called the…

Saturn Has Oxygen But No Life

20 years ago

Cassini has discovered oxygen ions in the atmosphere around Saturn's rings, suggesting that life isn't the only process that could…

Wallpaper: Panoramic View of Saturn

20 years ago

Here's a beautiful 1280x1024 wallpaper photo of Saturn taken by Cassini. Actually, this isn't a single photo, but a composite…

Saturn’s “Dragon Storm”

20 years ago

Cassini discovered a large, bright and complex storm in Saturn's southern hemisphere in September 2004 which scientists dubbed the "Dragon…

Dr. David J. Tholen Answers Your Asteroid Questions

20 years ago

A few days ago we asked you to send in your Near-Earth asteroid questions for Dr. David J. Tholen from…