Giant Star Generates a Massive Amount of X-Rays
The Chandra X-Ray observatory took this image of an unusual star called Beta Ceti. It's only three times more massive…
Spirit Completes a Year on Mars
NASA's Spirit rover celebrated the completion of its first full year of operations on Mars yesterday, and began its second…
Close Up Images of Iapetus
Cassini made a relatively close flyby of Iapetus on December 31, 2004, and took photographs which show Saturn's third-largest moon…
Starbirth in NGC 6946
The powerful Gemini Observatory took this image of spiral galaxy NGC 6946, which is awash in star formation. This image…
What’s Up This Week – Jan 3 – Jan 9, 2005
Greetings, fellow sky watchers! I trust everyone's holidays were wonderful? It's time to start a New Year and what better…
Cassini’s Route Past Iapetus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its closest approach to Saturn's moon Iapetus on New Year's Eve, passing only 123,400 km…
Your Interview with Dr. Jean-Pierre Lebreton
A few weeks ago, I let you know that Dr. Jean-Pierre Lebreton, the Huygens Project Scientist and Mission Manager from…
Banda Aceh from Space
The death toll has risen to 125,000 people from the Asian Tsunami, and now 5 million people are without food,…
What’s Up This Week – Dec 27 – Jan 2, 2005
Happy Holidays, Skywatchers! This week we continue our celestial journey beginning before dawn with a close pairing of Venus and…
Crew Begins Unloading Progress
An unmanned Progress cargo ship reached the International Space Station on Sunday, and the two-man crew got right to work…