Astrosphere for June 19, 2007

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Here's the latest astrosphere.

Your picture for the day is the trail left by a Cosmos 2369 Rocket body as it passed through the Big Dipper.

Nice catch Autoclub

.

Emily Lakdawalla from the

Planetary Society

explains why the Mars Exploration Rovers are lasting so long.

Spirit just got a dusting off today

.

Stephen Hawking is writing

a young-adult science fiction story

. How cool is that?

Venus is so bright right now,

you can see it in the day

.

Space Prizes

has news of

a new film award for documentaries

that shape the long-term future of humanity.

What's parallax? What's a parsec?

Astroprof

explains both

.

My good friend

Phil Plait

was on the

Skeptic's Guide to the Universe

.

Listen to the witty banter

.

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.