Astrosphere for June 25, 2007

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I hope everyone out there had a great weekend. Here's what's happening out in the astrosphere.

Today's astrophoto is from forum member Perran. It's a

widefield view of nebula IC 1318

. Nicely done.

Centauri Dreams has an interesting article about plans to build

a giant radio telescope on the far side of the Moon

.

Daily Galaxy takes us on a journey to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean

to search for mysterious forms of life

.

Phil Plait spotlights

a new scientific explanation

for a mystery that creationists use to discredit the Big Bang.

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.