Astrosphere for July 3, 2007

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I'm still living in boxes, but getting back to some semblance of a routine. But the astrosphere won't wait.

Today's photo is the lunar crater Clavius, taken by the incredible

Paul f. Campbell

. If you want me to feature one of your photographs, post it to the forum, and I'll probably scoop it up.

And here are the stories for today.

Astroblog

has posted a cool picture of the Moon, Saturn and Venus over the course of 4 days. It's was a difficult shot to make because the

sky is a sphere

.

Does everything seem familiar? According to

Seed Magazine

, the Universe may

repeat itself every trillion years

.

If you've listened to

Astronomy Cast

, you know

all good things come from the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

.

Bad Astronomy

reports on the possibility that Spitzer has seen

the first stars ever

.

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.