Astrosphere for June 28, 2007

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Astrosp-here and astro there, astro everywhere.

First, the picture. Isn't that incredible? Today's astrophoto comes from

Filippo Ciferri

. He took this and several other pictures from light-polluted Rome if you can believe it.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait

debunks a story

proposing the Sun came from another galaxy.

Centauri Dreams

has an article on the work being done to

save the Arecibo observatory

. You know, that big dish in the jungle in Contact?

Space.com

teaches you how

to make a comet

. Put that in your cookbook.

Daily Galaxy asks, if we suffered another "K/T" asteroid impact,

would humanity survive

?

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.