Astrosphere for August 15, 2007

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RickJ captured this image Cassiopeia A, the aftermath of a supernova explosion. What's cool is that you can compare Rick's version with the

Hubble version

. You can see the fine details that only space telescopes can get.

Forbes has a very interesting article about the future of NASA.

Ars Technica looks at black holes as a mechanism to

constrain the universe

.

Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer calculates that if creationists are correct, the Universe is only

12,000 light years across

.

Did you ever get the feeling that you're living in

a simulation

?

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.