Astrosphere for June 11, 2007

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Before we head into the astrosphere, I've got a few things to catch you up on. First, another reminder about The Universe on The History Channel. The next episode is called

The End of the Earth

, and it's all about the ways the Universe can kill us. My favourite topic.

Next up, I'm going to start highlighting cool photographs from the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum here, for now. There are so many great photos there, and now that I've got a little time on my hands, I'd like to help get the word out. My favourite for today is

this cool picture of crescent Mercury

, taken by Kyle Edwards.

According to

Aviation Week

, China has pushed back its lunar mission 5-6 months. Did you even know they had a lunar mission? Thanks to Space Pragmatism for the link.

Bad Astronomy

dismantles a trailer

for The Invasion. Oh Hollywood, will you ever learn?

Sentient Developments

has a great clip from Michio Kaku on

the future of civilizations

.

Does the Moon make people crazy? No. But UK police are

staffing up during full moons

. That's lunacy!

I hate cords. And now, researchers are figuring out

how to transfer power without cords

. But will it actually, ever be practical? Thanks to Alan Boyle from

MSNBC's Cosmic Log

for the writeup.

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.