Your image for the day isn't actually a photograph. It's a mixed-media art piece by Moya called "proto planet". It was made using glossy cardboard paper, various types of spray paint and stencils.
Centauri Dreams
notes the ongoing discoveries
coming out of the 45-year old Arecibo Observatory.
Astroprof helps clear up one of the eternal questions. How do
astronomers choose colours
when they prepare images of the night sky?
The imaging team leader for Cassini, Carolyn Porco, is
consulting on the new Star Trek movie
. Let's hope that helps them get the science right.
Starts with a Bang teaches you
how to build a home
in space.
Oh, and Happy Darwin Day.