What’s Up This Week – Feb 27 – Mar 6, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As another month ends and a new one begins, let's celebrate the early evening dark and "set…
Cargo Ship Ready for Liftoff with Station Supplies
An unmanned Progress cargo ship is about to blast off from Kazakhstan, carrying much needed supplies to the International Space…
Book Review: Patrick Moore: The Autobiography
What drives a person to write an autobiography? Maybe being a central character in a world shaping event would do…
Rainbows on Titan
When Huygens landed on Titan, it saw river channels, beaches, islands and swirling fog. So Saturn's largest moon is definitely…
Cassini Images Saturn’s Radiation Belts
Scientists have captured an image of Saturn's magnetic field using a special instrument on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft called the…
Saturn Has Oxygen But No Life
Cassini has discovered oxygen ions in the atmosphere around Saturn's rings, suggesting that life isn't the only process that could…
Wallpaper: Panoramic View of Saturn
Here's a beautiful 1280x1024 wallpaper photo of Saturn taken by Cassini. Actually, this isn't a single photo, but a composite…
Saturn’s “Dragon Storm”
Cassini discovered a large, bright and complex storm in Saturn's southern hemisphere in September 2004 which scientists dubbed the "Dragon…
Dr. David J. Tholen Answers Your Asteroid Questions
A few days ago we asked you to send in your Near-Earth asteroid questions for Dr. David J. Tholen from…
Views of Titan From Earth
When Huygens plunged through Titan's atmosphere last month, the biggest telescopes here on Earth were trained on the moon. Some…