Astrosphere for October 10th, 2007
First, your photo for the day is of the Trifid Nebula, captured by JAICOA. In Universe Today news, I'm testing…
The Tiger Stripes and Geysers are Linked on Enceladus
Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the most peculiar objects in the Solar System. We now know there are geysers…
New Horizons Makes Surprising Discoveries at Jupiter
Remember when New Horizons sped past Jupiter on its way to Pluto. It kept its cameras rolling during the flyby,…
Are We Made of Quasarstuff Too?
Carl Sagan noted that we're all made of starstuff; the elements fused together in stars and detonating supernovae. But maybe…
Astrosphere for October 9th, 2007
Today's astrophoto was captured by RickJ. It's VdB152, a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Around the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today…
Undergrad Team Discovers 1,300 Asteroids
A team of undergrad astronomers at the University of Washington figured out how to turn an annoyance into a major…
A Possible Explanation for Two-Toned Iapetus
Saturn's moon Iapetus is one of the most mysterious objects in the Solar System. It's shaped like a football, has…
The End of FUSE
I often talk about the preparation and launch of new missions to space, but every now and then I have…
Podcast: Jupiter’s Moons
Last week we talked about Jupiter and we could sense right away it would be too much to handle. This…
Ariane 5 Lofts Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off its launch pad on Friday, October 5, carrying two telecommunications satellites into orbit. The…