What’s Up This Week? Oct. 25 – 31, 2004
Greetings, fellow sky watchers! As October ends, we have another exciting week in astronomy for you. This week's highlight is…
Interview: Dennis Wingo, Author of Moonrush
Last week, Mark Mortimer reviewed Dennis Wingo's new book, Moonrush - Improving Life on Earth with the Moon's Resources, about…
Expedition 9 Lands Safely
The ninth crew to man the International Space Station safely returned to Earth on Saturday. Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA…
Cassini’s First Titan Flyby Tomorrow
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its first close approach tomorrow to Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The spacecraft will skim within…
Review: Moonwatch
Firefly has just published a package, Moonwatch - A Complete Starter Pack for the Lunar Observer that shows they're already…
Reminder: Plan for the Lunar Eclipse
As we reported a week ago, there's going to be a lunar eclipse on October 27/28 which will be visible…
Spirit Steering Problem Returns
NASA engineers thought that a steering problem on Spirit had cleared up, since they hadn't seen it in almost two…
Frame Dragging Confirmed
When developing his General Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein predicted that the Earth should drag space and time around with…
The Virgo Galaxy Cluster is Still Being Formed
At a distance of only 50 million light-years away, the Virgo Cluster is the nearest galaxy cluster to us. It's…
Book Review: Moonrush
The end of the world will occur. This is certain. Some think that it'll happen within a fairly short time…