Density Waves in Saturn’s Rings
Researchers have used the Cassini spacecraft to make observations of Saturn's rings with tremendous clarity, resolving images down to the…
Icy Objects Could Be Smaller Than Previously Thought
Is Pluto a planet or just a really large Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)? Those arguing that it doesn't deserve planetary…
Launch Date Set for Solar Sail
The countdown has begun for the launch of the Planetary Society's Cosmos 1 spacecraft; the first ever to be powered…
X-Ray Portrait of Proxima Centauri
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory took this image of red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, our closest stellar neighbour (after the Sun,…
A Solar System’s Icy Building Blocks
New images released from the Spitzer space telescope are helping scientists understand how clouds of gas and dust come together…
What Will Huygens Land In?
Cassini's close flyby to Titan in October has only added to the mystery of what the Huygens probe will find…
Black Holes or Galaxies, Which Came First?
Since supermassive black holes were first discovered, astronomers have been wondering if the hole was created first, and then the…
Soyuz 2 Test Successful
A Soyuz 2-1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia yesterday, completing a test of this modernized version…
What’s Up This Week – Nov 8 – 14, 2004
Greetings fellow skywatchers! We're in for more excitement this week as the Moon occults not one, not two, but three…
Book Review: How NASA Leaned to Fly in Space
The early explorers sailed into a void not knowing what beasts, storms or cliffs might await their travels. Their shear…