This Week in Space #20

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mar 9: M104 Hubble Remix. Credit & Copyright: Vicent Peris (OAUV / PTeam), MAST, STScI, AURA, NASA
Mar 10: CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe . Credit: DMR, COBE, NASA, Four-Year Sky Map
Mar 11: Planets Align Over Australian Radio Telescope Array . Credit & Copyright: Graeme L. White & Glen Cozens (James Cook University)
Mar 12: An Avalanche on Mars. Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
Mar 13: Star Forming Region LH 95. Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, D. Gouliermis (MPI Heidelberg) et al., (STScI/AURA), ESA, NASA
Mar 14: Sculpting the South Pillar. Credit: Nathan Smith (Univ. of Colorado), et al., SSC, JPL, Caltech, NASA
Mar 15: Endeavour into the Night. Credit: NASA, Jerry Cannon, Rusty Backer

Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle
Mar 10: Your daily dose of science on the Web
Mar 14: Take the Venusian vortex tour

NASA Image of the Day
Mar 10: Mars' Shifting Sands. Image Credit: NASA, HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona)
Mar 11: Into the Night. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Mar 12: Fire in the Sky. Image Credit: NASA/Jerry Cannon, Rusty Backer
Mar 13: The View. Image Credit: NASA
Mar 14: The Leading Edge. Image Credit: NASA

Sky & Telescope
Mar 10: "First Light" for Twin-Eyed Telescope by David Tytell
Mar 11: Getting To Know Mercury by Kelly Beatty
Mar 11: A New Day in Precision Cosmology by Alan MacRobert
Mar 12: Genesis Finding: Earth Has a Problem by Kelly Beatty
Mar 13: What Happened to Mars? by Kelly Beatty
Mar 14: A Whiff of Water From the Moon by Kelly Beatty
Mar 14: Google Sky Now on the Web by Stuart Goldman
Mar 14: Hot Spitzer News! by Stuart Goldman
Mar 14: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan MacRobert

Space.com
Mar 12: Real Death Star Could Strike Earth
Mar 12: Spacecraft to Plunge Through Saturn Moon's Icy Plume
Mar 13: Big Crater Carved By Mysterious Meteorite
Mar 14: Mysterious Craters Seen on Mercury
Mar 14: How to Get to Alpha Centauri
Mar 15: Meteor Videotaped Plunging to Earth
Mar 15: Space Rocks Brought Life's Raw Material
Mar 15: Spot the Brightest Star in the Sky
Mar 15: Giant Eye of Venus Proves Shifty
Mar 15: Spacecraft Beams Back New Views of Saturn Moon Despite Glitch

The Space Review
Mar 10: Book Review: The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter by Jeff Foust
Mar 10: Hoping for a reality tomorrow by Jeff Foust


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This Week in Space #19

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mar 2: Mauna Kea Shadow Play. Credit & Copyright: Alex Mukensnable
Mar 3: Comet Hale Bopp Over Val Parola Pass. Credit & Copyright: A. Dimai, (Col Druscie Obs.), AAC
Mar 4: Sand Dunes Thawing on Mars . Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
Mar 5: NGC 6334: The Cats Paw Nebula . Credit & Copyright: T. A. Rector (U. Alaska), T. Abbott, NOAO, AURA, NSF
Mar 6: The International Space Station Expands Again. Credit: STS-122 Shuttle Crew, NASA
Mar 7: Vela Supernova Remnant. Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
Mar 8: Comet over California. Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén (Clear Skies, TWAN)

Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle
Mar 5: Wonder and whimsy on the Web
Mar 6: Scientific smorgasbord on the Web
Mar 7: Weekend field trips on the Web
Mar 7: Close scrape at Saturn's moon

NASA Image of the Day
Mar 3: Ready for Takeoff. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Mar 4: Thunderbirds and Endeavour. Image Credit: USAF/TSgt. Justin D. Pyle
Mar 5: Orion. Image Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Mar 6: Behold the Moon. Image Credit: James M. Hudson (Used with the artist's permission)
Mar 7: Jovian Mysteries. Image Credit: NASA/ESA

Sky & Telescope
Mar 3: Can a Robot Draw a Map? by Henry Bortman
Mar 4: What's in a Name? by Stuart Goldman
Mar 4: Martian Landslides Caught in the Act by Alan MacRobert
Mar 7: Rings Around Rhea? by Kelly Beatty
Mar 7: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan MacRobert

Space.com
Mar 6: Mars Orbiters Prepare to Watch Phoenix Landing. By Jeremy Hsu
Mar 6: Violent Collision of Stellar Winds Detected. By Andrea Thompson
Mar 6: Avalanche Photographed on Mars. By SPACE.com staff
Mar 6: The Big Picture: Astrobiology. By Seth Shostak
Mar 7: Saturn's Moon Might Have Rings, Too. By Clara Moskowitz
Mar 7: Black Hole Effect Created in Lab. By Charles Q. Choi
Mar 7: Once-Habitable Lake Found on Mars. By Jeremy Hsu
Mar 7: Memories of a New Moon. By Joe Rao
Mar 7: Europe's 'Jules Verne' Spacecraft Carries Namesake's Notes on Maiden Voyage. By Robert Z. Pearlman
Mar 7: NASA Data Sheds Light on Early Universe. By SPACE.com staff
Mar 7: Nearest Star System Might Harbor Earth Twin. By Andrea Thompson


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This Week in Space #18

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Feb 24: NGC 4676: When Mice Collide . Credit: ACS Science & Engineering Team, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Feb 25: Dawn of the Large Hadron Collider . Credit & Copyright: Maximilien Brice, CERN
Feb 26: Mysterious Acid Haze on Venus . Credit: ESA/MPS, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Feb 27: The Eagle Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur. Credit & Copyright: IAC, Daniel Lopez
Feb 28: ISS: Sunlight to Shadow. Credit & Copyright: Till Credner, AlltheSky.com
Feb 29: Twelve Lunar Eclipses. Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel (TWAN)
Mar 1: Mauna Kea Shadow Play. Credit & Copyright: Alex Mukensnable

Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle
Feb 25: Meteorites spark mysteries
Feb 26: Questions answered on the Web
Feb 27: Wonder and whimsy on the Web
Feb 27: Sneak peek at the virtual universe
Feb 28: Scientific smorgasbord on the Web
Feb 28: The science of leap time

NASA Image of the Day
Feb 25: Building the New World. Image Credit: NASA
Feb 26: Timeless Beauty. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Feb 27: The Brightest of Stars. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Feb 28: Seeking the Grail. Image Credit: NASA/JPL
Feb 29: Cosmic Zoom Lens. Image Credit: NASA; ESA; L. Bradley (Johns Hopkins University); R. Bouwens (University of California, Santa Cruz); H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University); and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Sky & Telescope
Feb 25: Kids' Astronomy Essay Contest. Alan MacRobert
Feb 27: A Magnetar in Sheep's Clothing. Alan MacRobert
Feb 27: Microsoft's Virtual Observatory. Stuart Goldman
Feb 28: Of Planets and Palace Elephants. Kelly Beatty
Feb 29: S&T's Star-count Challenge! Kelly Beatty
Feb 29: Ulysses Says Goodbye. Kelly Beatty
Feb 29: This Week's Sky at a Glance. Alan MacRobert

Space.com
Feb 27: Underwater Robot Helps NASA Explore Europa. By Bill Christensen
Feb 28: How Groundwater Shaped Mars. By Dave Mosher
Feb 28: Earth's Final Sunset Predicted. By Clara Moskowitz
Feb 28: Super Stars Require Right Environment to Rise. By Dave Mosher
Feb 29: New Moon Map Is Best Ever. By Dave Mosher
Feb 29: Finding Them, Finding Us. By Seth Shostak
Feb 29: Venus Mysteries Blamed on Colossal Collision. By Dave Mosher
Feb 29: Recent Water on Mars? Not So Fast. By Dave Mosher
Feb 29: Why Stars Have Seasons. By Joe Rao
Feb 29: NASA Baffled by Unexplained Force Acting on Space Probes. By Charles Q. Choi

The Space Review
Book Review: Twilight War by Jeff Foust
John Glenn and the Flying Banana by Dwayne Day
Seven generations: a re-evaluation of the Paine Report by Alex Howerton
Satellite shootdown overcomes bureaucracy by Taylor Dinerman
Hale and farewell by Dwayne Day

This Week in Space #17

Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 10: Atlantis on Pad 39A. Image Credit: NASA, Kim Shiflett
February 11: Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens . Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
February 12: Saturn's Moon Epimetheus from the Cassini Spacecraft. Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
February 13: Echoes from RS Pup. Credit: Pierre Kervella (Obs. de Paris), Antoine Mérand (CHARA), et al., ESO
February 14: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. West (ESO, Chile), and CXC / Penn. State / G. Garmire, et al.
February 15: Long Stem Rosette. Credit & Copyright: Adam Block (Caelum Observatory) and Tim Puckett
February 16: Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud. Credit: NASA JPL-Caltech, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
February 17: Large Binocular Telescope. Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip (TWAN)
February 18: M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll (ASU); Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (Skyfactory)
February 19: BLG 109: A Distant Version of our own Solar System. Illustration Credit: KASI, CBNU, ARCSEC, NSF
February 20: Columbus Laboratory Installed on Space Station. Credit: STS-122 Crew, Expedition 16 Crew, ESA, NASA
February 21: Moon Slide Slim. Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip (TWAN)
February 22: NGC 4676: When Mice Collide . Credit: ACS Science & Engineering Team, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
February 22: Orion's Horsehead Nebula . Credit & Copyright: Victor Bertol
February 23: Eclipsed Moonlight. Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light)

Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle
February 11: Reality check for 'Trek'
February 12: Stars in a baby blanket
February 15: Was Mars too salty for life?
February 20: The next great planet debate
February 22: The many faces of Venus

LiveScience
February 16: The Shuttle Launch Date Shuffle by Tariq Malik
February 22: New Mexico Spaceport: Pressing Forward for 2010 by Leonard David

NASA Image of the Day
February 11: Atlantis Crew Heads to the Pad. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
February 12: The Blackness of Space. Image Credit: NASA
February 13: The Air Up There. Image Credit: NASA
February 14: Becoming the Future. Image Credit: NASA
February 15: Inventing the Future. Image Credit: NASA
February 18: Future Tense. Image Credit: NASA
February 19: Window on the World. Image Credit: NASA
February 20: Atlantis, Welcome Home! Image Credit: NASA/Kevin O'Connell
February 21: Light Reflection. Image Credit: NASA
February 22: Voyage of Columbus. Image Credit: NASA

Sky & Telescope
February 11: A Superfast Star from Far, Far Away by Alan MacRobert
February 12: Light Echoes Refine Cepheid Distance by Alan MacRobert
February 14: A Triple Threat by Kelly Beatty
February 15: Space-Station Astronomy by Jonathan McDowell
February 15: UK Restores Gemini Commitment by Stuart Goldman
February 15: Meteorites from Mercury? by Kelly Beatty
February 17: See the Doomed Spy Satellite! by Kelly Beatty
February 19: A New Antarctic Observatory by Kristina Grifantini
February 22: Chasing a Supernova Progenitor by Govert Schilling
February 22: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan MacRobert

Space.com
February 11: New Cosmic Theory Unites Dark Forces By Michael Schirber
February 11: Spacewalkers Help Deliver Station's New European Laboratory By Tariq Malik
February 12: 'Star Trek' Movie Gets Science Advice By Newsarama Staff
February 13: Farthest Galaxy Found, Perhaps By Clara Moskowitz
February 13: How Lunar Landers Sandblasted the Moon By David Powell
February 15: Titan Has More Oil Than Earth By Space.com Staff
February 15: Triple Asteroid Found Near Earth By Robert Roy Britt
February 15: Loneliest Observatory in Antarctica Looks to the Stars By Jeremy Hsu
February 15: See Mars in 3-D By Jeremy Hsu
February 18: Solar System Like Ours Found By Robert Roy Britt
February 20: Study: Earth-like Planets Common By Robin Lloyd
February 21: One Hour Warning: Solar Storms Get More Predictable By Clara Moskowitz
February 23: New Discovery on Mars: Ephemeral Polar Water Ice Mapped By Emily Wanderer
February 23: Mysterious Haze Found on Venus By SPACE.com staff
February 23: See Saturn Now: Lord of the Rings Rocks By Joe Rao
February 23: Ulysses Solar Probe Freezing to Death By The Associated Press

The Space Review
February 11: Space policy optimists and others. Taylor Dinerman
February 11: India and the US: partners or rivals in space? Jeff Foust
February 11: All along the watchtower. Dwayne Day
February 11: Somewhat as a clamor in the wilderness. Bob Mahoney
February 11: Recall and remembrance in Rocket City. Dwayne Day
February 18: Book Review: Robots in Space. Jeff Foust
February 18: Space myths 2. Wayne Eleazer
February 18: Screening and training for commercial human spaceflight. Jeff Foust
February 18: Spysat down! Dwayne Day
Febraury 18: An interview with Richard Garriott. Sam Dinkin

spacetoday.net
space news from around the web
Election may affect NASA future: Some see it as a time to re-examine aspirations for moon and Mars missions by Todd Halvorson and John Kelly, Florida Today
Live at KSC: Astronauts 'Meet The Press' by Todd Halvorson, Florida Today
Warning of catastrophe from mass of 'space junk' by Robin McKie and Michael Day, The Guardian
Broadband Internet satellite launched by Japan by Stephen Clark, Spaceflight Now
NASA names new space shuttle program manager by William Harwood, CBS/Spaceflight Now
Starship Kimchi: A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before by Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times
Japan launches Internet satellite by Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
AEDC-tested Navy Standard Missile destroys errant satellite by Philip Lorenz III, US Air Force
Exploration of space is a key to our role as a global leader by David King, The Huntsville Times
CU space proposal given wings: NASA approves money for New Worlds Observer project by Spencer Everett, Univ. of Colorado Boulder Campus Press
This Should Mess With The Aliens' Heads by Susan Harlan Borghese, Hartford Courant
Space Center expansion plans threaten hot fishing spot by Jordan Kahn, Daytona Beach news-journalonline
Blast off for fun: It's the perfect time to visit the area where America's space-exploration program began by Tom Wharton, The Salt Lake Tribune
'Opposition' places ringed wonder Saturn in its best light for stargazing By Mike Lynch, Palm Beach Daily News
SLC-3 remodeled for new Atlas 5 By Janene Scully/Associate Editor, Lompoc Record

This Week in Space #16

Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 3: Venus and Jupiter in Morning Skies. Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)
February 4: Light Echoes from V838 Mon . Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
February 5: A Spider Shaped Crater on Mercury . Credit: MESSENGER, NASA, JHU APL, CIW
February 6: Three Month Composite of Comet Holmes. Credit & Copyright: John Pane
February 7: A Sunspot in the New Solar Cycle . Credit & Copyright: Greg Piepol
February 8: NGC 4013 and the Tidal Stream . Image Credit & Copyright: R Jay Gabany (Blackbird Observatory) - collaboration; D.Martínez-Delgado(IAC, MPIA), M.Pohlen (Cardiff), S.Majewski (U.Virginia), J.Peñarrubia (U.Victoria), C.Palma (Penn State)
February 9: The Bay of Rainbows. Credit & Copyright: Alan Friedman

Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle
February 5: See a dark-matter magnet
February 6: Scientific smorgasbord on the Web
February 7: Take a virtual space voyage

NASA Photo of the Day
February 4: Illusion and Evolution. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Jean-Paul Kneib (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille) et al.
February 5: Mysterious Galaxy. Image Credit: Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M. West X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire
February 6: Mission STS-122 Begins. Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
February 7: Chrysalis. Image Credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph, Tony Gray, Robert Murray

Sky and Telescope
February 7: NASA Wants You! by Stuart Goldman
February 7: February 20th's Eclipse of the Moon by Alan MacRobert
February 8: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan MacRobert

Space.com
February 6: Eyes to the Skies Getting Bigger By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
February 7: Mercury's Mysteries, Old and New By Clara Moskowitz
February 7: Cosmic Finger Taps Our Galaxy's Shoulder By Jeanna Bryner
February 8: Space Magnetism May Hold Secret to Fusion Power By Jeremy Hsu
February 8: Robotic Observatory Opens on Antarctic Plateau By Bill Christensen
February 9: Hard-To-See Meteor Shower Observed from Arctic By Peter JenniskensPrincipal Investigator, Quadrantid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign, SETI Institute
February 9: Coming Feb. 20: Total Eclipse of the Moon By Joe Rao
February 9: NASA Probe Begins Hunt for Alien Planets By Tariq Malik
February 9: How a Lunar Eclipse Saved Columbus By Joe Rao
February 9: Mystery of Saturn's Watery Moon Solved By Jeanna Bryner

The Space Review
February 4: Not-so-rare Earth? by Taylor Dinerman
February 4: Fire and grace by Dwayne Day

This Week in Space #15

Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 19: Starry Night Castle. Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén
January 20: Comet McNaught Over Chile . Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Guisard
January 21: Mercury's Horizon from MESSENGER . Credit: MESSENGER Teams, JHU APL, NASA
January 22: Shelf Cloud Over Saskatchewan . Credit: Jeff Kerr
January 23: Orbiting Astronaut Reflects Earth . Credit: Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 15 Crew, NASA
January 24: Andromeda Island Universe. Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
January 25: Winter Night at Pic du Midi. Credit & Copyright: Alain Sallez (picdumidi.org), David Romeuf (Université Lyon 1)
January 26: Crescent Mercury in Color. Credit: MESSENGER, NASA, JHU APL, CIW
January 27: Mercury on the Horizon . Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
January 28: A Solar Eclipse Painting from the 1700s . Painting Credit: Cosmas Damian Asam; Digital Image Copyright: Jay Pasachoff
January 29: West Valley Panorama from the Spirit Rover on Mars . Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA
January 30: Asteroid 2007 TU24 Passes the Earth . Credit: Green Bank Radio Telescope, Arecibo Radio Telescope
January 31: Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2. Credit: X-ray; Y.Nazé, G.Rauw, J.Manfroid (Université de Liège), CXC, NASA Infrared; E.Churchwell (University of Wisconsin), JPL, Caltech, NASA
February 1: The First Explorer. Credit: Courtesy of Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
February 2: Venus and Jupiter in Morning Skies. Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)

Cosmic Log by Alan Boyle
January 22: Your daily dose of science on the Web
January 23: First look at SpaceShipTwo
January 23: So when will it fly?
January 24: 'Life on Mars' explained
January 25: Spaceship sagas on the Web
January 25: Planetorama!
January 28: The unsung rocketeers
January 30: Must-see science on the Web (a break from astronomy, just interesting)
January 30: Nailing down dark energy
January 31: High strangeness on the Web
January 31: America's space age turns 50

LiveScience Blogs
January 21: Star Trek Teaser Trailer … ROCKS!!!!!!!!! by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
January 22: NASA’s Chief Reacts to Human Asteroid Mission by Leonard David
January 25: Space Ship Two: Eerily Familiar… by Dave Brody
February 3: SETI Battle of the Bandwidth: Beatles Outsignaled by Bob Marley by Leonard David

NASA Image of the Day
January 21: Crescent. Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
January 22: Shuttle Plume. Image Credit: NASA, Ken Thornsley
January 23: Hot, Young Stars. Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ. de Liège/Y. Naze et al
January 24: Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster. Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SDSS, Leigh Jenkins, Ann Hornschemeier (Goddard Space Flight Center) et al.
January 27: Out on a Limb. Image Credit: NASA
January 28: Isle Royale National Park. Image Credit: NASA
January 29: Viewing Copernicus. Image Credit: NASA, U.S. Geological Survey
January 30: Entering the Space Age. Image Credit: NASA
January 31: Lightness of Being. Image Credit: NASA

Sky & Telescope
January 23: Telescope Truce by Rick Fienberg
January 28: A Stardust-Free Comet by Kelly Beatty
February 1: Mercury's "Better Half" by Kelly Beatty
February 1: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan M. MacRobert

Space.com
January 21: Black Holes Spin Near Speed of Light By Jeremy Hsu
January 22: Curious Clouds Seen at Mars By SPACE.com Staff
January 22: Spacecraft Beams Home New Images of Mercury By Tariq Malik
January 23: Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space By Jeanna Bryner
January 23: Full Moon Names for 2008 By Joe Rao
January 23: There's Got to Be an Invisible Sky By Space.com Staff
January 25: Amazing Old Stars Give Birth Again By Jeanna Bryner
January 25: Sun's Magnetic Secret Revealed By Jeremy Hsu
January 25: A Whole New View: Hubble Overhaul to Boost Telescope's Reach By Tariq Malik
January 27: Virgin Galactic Unveils Suborbital Spaceliner Design By Tariq Malik
January 27: Astrobiologists to Convene at AbSciCon 2008 By Edna DeVore, Director of Education and Public Outreach, SETI Institute
January 27: Large Asteroid to Fly Past Earth By Jeanna Bryner
January 27: Female Figure on Mars Just a Rock By Benjamin Radford
January 27: Killer Space Rock Theory Is Soaking Wet By SPACE.com Staff
January 27: Mars' Natural Sculptures Pose Mystery By Jeremy Hsu
January 27: High-Energy X-Rays Detected at Galaxy Cluster By Clara Moskowitz
January 28: Space Shuttle Atlantis on Track for February Launch By Tariq Malik
January 28: Spectacular Sky Show: Venus, Jupiter and the Moon By Joe Rao
January 28: Giant Storms Erupt on Jupiter By Jeanna Bryner
January 29: NASA Remembers Three Space Tragedies By Clinton Parks
January 29: Dust Strangely Vaporized by Stellar Explosion By Clara Moskowitz
January 30: First Images of Approaching Asteroid By Jeanna Bryner
February 1: Rogue Stars: The Miscreants of Our Galaxy By Andrea Thompson
February 1: Space Rock Misses Mars, Barely By Jeremy Hsu
February 1: NASA Spots Mysterious 'Spider' on Mercury By Clara Moskowitz
February 1: Galactic Wi-fi? By Seth Shostak, SETI Institute
February 1: Solar Eclipse Mostly for Penguins By Joe Rao
February 1: NASA Takes The Beatles 'Across the Universe' Literally By Space.com Staff
February 1: NASA's Best Missions to Get High Definition Treatment By Jeremy Hsu
February 1: SPACE.com Video Interplayer: European Lab Sets Sail for ISS on STS-122

The Space Review
January 21: Book Review: The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook by Jeff Foust
January 21: Book Review: Mission to Jupiter by Taylor Dinerman
January 21: The dark side of space disaster theories by James Oberg
January 28: Book Review: America’s Deep Space Pioneer by Jeff Foust
January 28: Monster chopper by Dwayne A. Day
January 28: Virgin Galactic: marketing for the Earth? by Taylor Dinerman


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This Week In Space #15

Seems Tink's computer is in space. Some virtual place that does not allow her to get any work done on it. A space that requires the help of Microsoft to fix it. Ahhh... the love of MS Vista.

The best I can do for you is a couple of links:

Mercury on the Horizon

Planetorama

I'll keep you updated...

This Week in Space #14

Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 13: Hurricane Ivan from the Space Station . Credit: Expedition 9 Crew, International Space Station, NASA
January 14: The Cocoon Nebula from CFHT . Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT
January 15: Double Supernova Remnants DEM L316. Credit & Copyright: Gemini Observatory, GMOS-South, NSF
January 16: MESSENGER Passes Mercury . Credit: MESSENGER Teams, JHU APL, NASA
January 17: Thor s Emerald Helmet. Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
January 18: Supernova Factory NGC 2770. Credit: A. de Ugarte Postigo (ESO) et al., Dark Cosmology Centre (NBI, KU), Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), University of Hertfordshire
January 19: Starry Night Castle. Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén

Cosmic Log
January 15: The final frontier on the Web
January 16: Your daily dose of science on the Web
January 16: Mercury's hidden side revealed
January 18: UFO viewing tips

NASA Image of the Day
January 13: Galaxies of All Shapes and Sizes. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
January 14: Morenci. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
January 15: All Is Illuminated. Image Credit: ESA, MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
January 16: New View. Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
January 17: A View of the Horizon. Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Sky & Telescope
January 14: Monster Black Holes Soon to Collide? by Robert Naeye
January 15: Reunion with Mercury by Kelly Beatty
January 17: Canadians Fight for Observatory by Stuart Goldman
January 17: A Bird's-Eye View of the Sun by Kelly Beatty
January 18: Overweight Neutron Stars? by Rick Fienberg
January 18: This Week's Sky at a Glance by Alan MacRobert

Space.com
January 16: Satellite Navigation Market Continues To Soar Worldwide
January 18: Space Probe Swings by Mercury
January 18: The Enduring Mysteries of Mercury
January 18: Sea Launch Rocket Successfully Returns to Flight
January 19: Russians Plan New Space Platform
January 19: Ulysses Soars Over Sun's North Pole
January 19: Black Holes Spin Near Speed of Light
January 19: Next Space Station Crew Looks to Spring Launch
January 19: Curious Clouds Seen at Mars
January 19: Spacecraft Beams Home New Images of Mercury
January 19: Space Station Modules Proposed by UK Scientists
January 19: SOFIA and KAO: Passing the Torch
January 19: Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space
January 19: Moonwalker Film to Raise Funds for Apollo Memorial
January 19: Full Moon Names for 2008
January 19: NASA Picks Finalists for Space Station Resupply Demonstrations
January 19: There's Got to Be an Invisible Sky
January 19: NASA's Next Rocket May Shake Too Much
January 19: Report Cites Rocketship Builder in Explosion Inquiry
January 19: Giuliani Pushes Space Program During Florida Visit


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