This Week in Space #13

Astronomy Photo of the Day
January 6: Jupiter's Rings Revealed. Credit: (NOAO), J. Burns (Cornell) et al., Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
January 7: Quadrantid Meteors and Aurora from the Air . Credit: Jeremie Vaubaillon et al., Caltech, NASA
January 8: A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons. Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins U. APL, SWRI
January 9: Hidden Galaxy IC 342 from Kitt Peak. Credit & Copyright: T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker, WIYN, NOAO, AURA, NSF
January 10: Active Galaxy Centaurus A. Credit: X-ray - NASA, CXC, R.Kraft (CfA), et al.; Radio - NSF, VLA, M.Hardcastle (U Hertfordshire) et al.; Optical - ESO, M.Rejkuba (ESO-Garching) et al.
January 11: Mercury Chases the Sunset. Image Credit & Copyright: Doug Zubenel
January 12: Polaris Dust Nebula. Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel (Hidden Valley Observatory) Research Collaboration: Adolf Witt (University of Toledo) et al.

Cosmic Log
January 7: Your daily dose of science on the Web
January 9: Strange science takes time
January 11: One year after China's satellite shootdown
January 11: Double bull's-eye for Einstein

Live Science
January 9: Deep Space Potato Chips by Tariq Malik

NASA Photo of the Day
January 7: Meteors and Aurora. Image Credit: NASA, Caltech, Jeremie Vaubaillon et al.
January 8: Ready for Liftoff. Image Credit: NASA
January 9: New Horizons Soldiers On. Image Credit: NASA, JHU-APL, Southwest Research Institute
January 10: Jet Power. Image Credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al.
January 11: Jupiter's Rings Revealed. Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Galileo Project, (NOAO), J. Burns (Cornell) et al.

Sky & Telescope
January 8: A New Cycle is Dawning by Kristina Grifantini
January 8: High Hopes for Hubble by Rick Fienberg
January 10: Astronomers Find Rare Double Einstein Ring by Rick Fienberg
January 10: Stars in the Middle of Nowhere by Rick Fienberg
January 11: Mars Dodges a Bullet by Kelly Beatty
January 11: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan MacRobert

Space.com
January 8: How Tennis Shoes and Tug-of-War Toppled the Mighty Saturn V By Alan Lawrie and Robert Pearlman
January 8: Gantry Delay Pushes Back 1st Soyuz Flight from Guiana By Peter B. De Selding
January 8: Our Universe: Dark and Messy By Dave Mosher
January 8: Precursor of Life Molecules Found Around Star By Andrea Thompson
January 8: Report: Russia's Mock Mars Mission to Cost $15 Million By Tariq Malik
January 9: China Discusses Third Manned Spaceflight, Rocket Launches By The Associated Press
January 9: Hubble Tune-Up Plans Detailed By Jeanna Bryner
January 9: Baby Versions of Milky Way Spotted By Dave Mosher
January 9: Lowest Radar Echo Detected from Moon By SPACE.com staff
January 9: Cosmic Blue Blobs Discovered By Jeanna Bryner
January 9: NASA: Safety First for Last Shuttle Flight to Hubble By Tariq Malik
January 9: Asteroid's Chances of Smacking Mars Dip By Tariq Malik
January 10: New Risk to Earth Found in Supernova Explosions By Laura Kinoshita
January 10: Alliant Techsystems Buys Canadian Space Hardware Firm By Brian Berger
January 10: Rogue Black Holes Might Fill Our Galaxy By Jeanna Bryner
January 10: The Surprising Evolution of Deep Space Missions By Jeremy Hsu
January 10: Faraway Planets Collided, Study Suggests By Jeanna Bryner
January 11: NASA Eyes Feb. 7 Launch Date for Shuttle Atlantis By Tariq Malik
January 11: Most Amazing Space Discoveries of 2007
January 11: Colossal Black Hole Shatters the Scales By Jeanna Bryner
January 11: Space Rock Won't Wallop Mars, Scientists Say By Tariq Malik
January 11: Hall of Fame to Induct Mir, Hubble, ISS and Space Shuttle Astronauts By Robert Pearlman
January 11: Even Thin Galaxies Pack Hefty Black Holes By Jeanna Bryner
January 11: Big Space Thing Looks Like a Moth By SPACE.com staff
January 11: Spacecraft Gears Up for Mercury Flyby By Tariq Malik
January 11: Astrobiology 101: Where Teachers are the Students By Pamela Harman
January 11: Spiral Galaxy Winds Backwards By Jeremy Hsu
January 11: Four Stars Found in Amazingly Tight Bunch By Jeanna Bryner
January 11: Source of Mysterious Antimatter Found By Charles Q. Choi
January 11: Space Cloud to Collide With Our Galaxy By Jeanna Bryner
January 11: 2008 Preview Night Sky Highlights By Joe Rao
January 11: NASA Sets Feb. 7 Launch Date for Shuttle Atlantis By Tariq Malik


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