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Expedition 10 Completes Spacewalk
The crew of the International Space Station are safely back inside after completing a 5+ hour spacewalk. During their time…
SMART-1’s First Image of the Moon
The ESA's SMART-1 has taken its first close-up pictures of the Moon's surface, snapping a series of photos from an…
Milky Way’s Black Hole Was Active Recently
Astronomers with the European Space Agency believe that the supermassive black hole (Sgr A*) at the heart of the Milky…
1,000 Issues of Universe Today
For those of you who get Universe Today by email, you'll notice this is the 1000th issue of the newsletter.…
Where Does Visible Light Come From?
It's amazing thing but many amateur astronomers (and possibly the occasional professional as well!) don't have the big picture on…
Book Review: Virtual LM
The lunar module brought two men from an orbit about our moon onto the moon's surface and then back into…
Microbes Use Hydrogen for Fuel in Yellowstone
A team of Colorado University researchers has uncovered bacteria that primarily use hydrogen as their fuel source in the colourful…
What’s Up This Week – Jan 24 – Jan 30, 2005
Greetings, fellow Skywatchers! As we start the week off with a "Snow Moon", we'll enjoy its bright features as we…
NASA Will End the Search to Save Hubble
The US government has asked NASA to stop trying rescue Hubble, and instead focus on a way to safely deorbit…