Astrosphere for June 20, 2007

STS-ISS.thumbnail-2.jpg

All right, here's what's happening around the astrosphere.

Today's photo is of the International Space Station and the space shuttle Atlantis, taken by Roger Hintzsche. Roger did this as a 16-second exposure on his camera when the pair passed above his part of the sky. Nice shot Roger.

Do black holes really exist

?

Bad Astronomy

has an article on research that claims everything might work differently than astronomers think.

There's a cool interview

over on Scientific American with Alan Weisman about what would happen if everyone on Earth disappeared.

Centauri Dreams looks at

Charles Stross' approach to spaceflight

.

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.