Astrosphere for January 30, 2008

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Your space photo for today is Saturn, captured by Mike Salway.

In his Cosmic Log, Alan Boyle

talks about

the state of science in the US after the recent State of the Union speech.

Phil

debunks another

Moon hoax claim.

Astronomy Picture of the Day has the

closest photos

of Asteroid 2007 TU24 during its recent flyby.

Ars Technica reports on

a new video game

based on Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game.

SPACE.com has the news of John Benac's attempts to get

space exploration policies

at the forefront of the new election campaign.

For you southern hemispheroids, the February edition of the

Southern Skywatch

is up. Thanks to

Ian Musgrave

for the link.

Future astronauts are going to need to drink, so Colony Worlds has the solution.

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.