Beautiful 587741709407158352

Beautiful 587741709407158352.

Stunning 587729752747278768

The Stunning 587729752747278768.

For Friday, December 16, 2008

The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) licensed under Creative Commons by jeffmcneill

Sparkling Spray Of Stars Seen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114435.htm

NGC 2264

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2264

Worlds of wonder

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Star of wonder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7791571.stm

587735430419972140 - The Heart Merger?

587735430419972140 - the heart merger?

The Whatisit? 587732482203648013

The whatisit? 587732482203648013.

Striking 587732702329372775

The striking galaxy 587732702329372775.

For Friday, December 19, 2008

astrodeep200407aecd image licensed under Creative Commons by rmforall@comcast.net

Water Vapor Detected At Universe's Edge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122244.htm

Earth Not Center Of The Universe, Surrounded By 'Dark Energy'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219032649.htm

Nasa finds 'missing' Mars mineral

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791060.stm

Trek creator's widow dies aged 76

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7791210.stm

Majel Barrett Roddenberry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majel_Barrett_Roddenberry

God Or Science? A Belief In One Weakens Positive Feelings For The Other

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215121559.htm

For Thursday, December 18, 2008

What Came Before The Big Bang? Interpreting Asymmetry In Early Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131106.htm

Asteroid hunt goes granular

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28281530/

Scientists seek ways to ward off killer asteroids

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081217/sc_mcclatchy/3125382;_ylt=Am94WwULwTZT1bdjZfzAPjEPLBIF

Nasa set to launch 'CO2 hunter'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7769619.stm

Nasa's Orbiting Carbon Observatory

http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/

Moon’s Polar Craters Could Be The Place To Find Lunar Ice, Scientists Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217192743.htm

Flaw theory over Mars Beagle loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7788638.stm

New Explanation For Migration Of Volcanic Activity On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215121607.htm

Where Did Venus's Water Go?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218094605.htm

587742632815427939 - A Triple Merger?

587742632815427939 - A triple merger?

Spectacular Galaxy 588298662499713066

Spectacular galaxy 588298662499713066.

For Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Humorous Black Hole "Oops, guess we were wrong" image licensed under Creative Commons by mad LOLscientist

Cosmic Rays Do Not Explain Global Warming, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217075138.htm

Seeing The Shape Of Material Around Black Holes For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104311.htm

Just call them black ‘doughnut’ holes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28255549/


Light on the dark energy mystery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7787461.stm

Dark Energy Found Stifling Growth In Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133438.htm

Mysterious dark energy demystified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28256534/

Holes in Earth's magnetic cloak let the sun in

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bf792-us-sun-holes/

For Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Experienced Pilots May Be At Risk Of DNA Damage From Ionizing Radiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210205048.htm

Enceladus has 'spreading surface'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7784902.stm

Enceladus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_(moon)

Solar Flare Surprise: Intact Hydrogen Atoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215121609.htm

Phoenix probe sheds new light on Mars weather

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bf0aa-us-space-mars/

Ocean-bearing Planets: Looking For Extraterrestrial Life In All The Right Places

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215091011.htm

Boundary Between Earth's Upper Atmosphere And Space Has Moved To Extraordinarily Low Altitudes, NASA Instruments Document

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215121601.htm

Titan's Volcanoes Give NASA Spacecraft Chilly Reception

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215194108.htm

Titan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon)

Space Spotlight: Meet the Sombrero Galaxy

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/12/16/space.spotlight/index.html

Sombrero Galaxy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy

For Friday, December 12, 2008

Stars in the Tarantula Nebula image licensed under Creative Commons by Mickelodeon

Earth set for full moon close up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7779294.stm

Key Event That Breaks Continents Apart Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210090817.htm

Astrophysicists Aim To Recreate Stars In The Lab

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212081546.htm

Groundwater Springs Played Important Role In Shaping Mars, Perhaps Sheltering Primitive Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211112307.htm

Pioneering Space Station Experiment Keeps Reactions In Suspense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081805.htm

Jupiter's Moon Europa Does The Wave To Generate Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212092056.htm

Drama In The Heart Of The Tarantula Nebula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211141844.htm

Tarantula Nebula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_Nebula


Water found in hot planet's orbit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775471.stm

New Detector Will Aid Dark Matter Search

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211141940.htm

Supermassive Black Hole Dissected With Natural Magnifying Glasses: 1,000 Times Clearer Than Best Telescopes Can Do

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212122941.htm

6 signs that aliens might exist

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148553/

For Friday, December 5, 2008

Nasa delays its next Mars mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7765818.stm

Ancient Climate Cycles Recorded In Mars Rocks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081204141801.htm

Snow globes full of stars

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/04/1698557.aspx

A Celestial Globe of Stars

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/40/image/a/format/zoom/

Messier 13/Globular Cluster M13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_cluster_M13

For Thursday, December 4, 2008

16th century mystery solved

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_sc/sci_tycho_s_supernova

Venus ultraviolet puzzle 'solved'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7763009.stm

Why Is The Earth’s Mantle Conductive?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203133823.htm

Brown Dwarfs Really Do Form Like Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203184529.htm

China to send scientists into space

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28051585/

Robot That Jumps Like A Grasshopper And Rolls Like A Ball Created For Space Exploration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081204074810.htm

A tool bag lost by an astronaut should be visible in the north sky

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7762954.stm

For Wednesday, December 3, 2008

99942 Apophis image licensed under Creative Commons by mad LOL scientist

World 'must tackle space threat'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7760659.stm


99942 Apophis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

Our Entry to The Planetary Society's Apophis Tagging Mission Design Competition

http://homelandcurrencysecurity.blogspot.com/2007/09/our-entry-to-planetary-societys-apophis.html

Torino Impact Hazard Scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_Scale

Omega Centauri: Glittering Giant Of Southern Skies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202115328.htm

Omega Centauri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Centauri

Invisible lights on Mars mapped

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28020964/

"Wooden plank" photographed on Mars

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1091223/Conspiracy-theorists-wood-trees-spot-timber-plank-Mars.html

Update: maybe it wasn't a wooden plank on Mars after all

http://www.examiner.com/x-504-Space-News-Examiner~y2008m12d1-Wooden-plank-found-on-Mars--debunked



Odd comet possibly from another star system

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28023860/

96P/Machholz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machholz_1

A Great Spiral Galaxy - 587741490907512906

A great spiral galaxy - 587741490907512906.

For October 31, 2008

Astronauts To Vote From Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030194230.htm

Expedition 18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_18

Searching For Primordial Antimatter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030102608.htm

Hubble Scores A Perfect 10: Arp 147 Galaxy in Full View

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030102614.htm

Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Peculiar_Galaxies

Clues To Planets' Birth Discovered In Meteorites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030144626.htm

New minerals point to wetter Mars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7696669.stm

The Great Cosmic Challenge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028132104.htm

For Thursday, October 9, 2008

Is anybody listening out there? Earth sends messages into space

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7660449.stm

How messages are sent to space

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7660710.stm

First interstellar spam broadcast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7660449.stm

Cosmic Eye Sheds Light On Early Galaxy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008151116.htm

Colorful Portrait Reveals Star Birth Clues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008095712.htm

When It Comes To Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001094346.htm

Apollo Heat Shield Uncrated After 35 Years, Helps New Crew Vehicle Design

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008231029.htm

Fuzziness On The Road To Physics' Grand Unification Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006130509.htm

Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27098901/

McCain runs into a planetarium problem

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/08/1518907.aspx

587729408075956531 - Merger?

587729408075956531 - Merger?