Astrosphere for June 27, 2007

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Just give you all a warning, I'm going to be moving back to Vancouver, Canada in 2 days, so there might be a few interruptions. I'll try to keep it to a minimum.

Today's astrophoto comes from Paul F. Campbell. It's

a series of pictures of the Moon

stitched together into a mosaic.

John Moore

has created a detailed poster of the Moon.

Scientific American

has an interesting story about

Transient Lunar Phenomena

. They're not UFOs, just outgassing on the Moon.

Steinn Sigurdsson

reports that a planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf.

What's worse, a fast moving star moving through the Solar System, or a slow moving one?

systemic

has

the surprising answer

.

Pamela Gay

continues

blogging about The Universe on The History Channel

. If only we had that kind of budget for

Astronomy Cast

.

I agree with George Dvorsky on his

Sentient Developments

blog. If aliens wanted us dead,

they'd have done it a long time ago

.

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.