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Hubble looks for possible moon resources

10/20/2005 07:00AM

Hubble looks for possible moon resources

NASA is using the unique capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope for a new class of scientific observations of the Earth's moon. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Is the The Speers-Waler 7.5mm a whale of a catch?

10/19/2005 07:00AM

Is the The Speers-Waler 7.5mm a whale of a catch?

This wide-field, highpower eyepiece goes under the microscope in this week's review winner.

Cassini Views Dione, a Frigid Ice World

10/17/2005 07:00AM

Cassini Views Dione, a Frigid Ice World

During the Cassini spacecraft's only close flyby of the grayish moon, on Oct. 11, 2005, the spacecraft came within 500 kilometers (310 miles) of the surface. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Stars Form Surprisingly Close to Milky Way's Black Hole

10/16/2005 07:00AM

Stars Form Surprisingly Close to Milky Way's Black Hole

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed a new generation of stars spawned by a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This novel mode of star formation may solve several mysteries about these super-massive black holes that reside at the centers of nearly all galaxies. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

A big Tak mount gets a little well deserved attention..

10/12/2005 07:00AM

A big Tak mount gets a little well deserved attention..

A stalwart of the imaging community, Takahashi's venerable NJP gets the once over in this week's review contest winner.

MISSE 'Suitcases' Return Home - Media Invited to View Grand Opening

10/10/2005 07:00AM

MISSE 'Suitcases' Return Home - Media Invited to View Grand Opening

The wait is over for the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) team - their valuable suitcases are almost home. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Einstein's Big Idea

10/09/2005 07:00AM

Einstein's Big Idea

A PBS special airing on October 11th dramatizes the story behind his famous equation.

Adaptive optics produces ultrasharp images of sunspot

10/08/2005 07:00AM

Adaptive optics produces ultrasharp images of sunspot

Advanced technologies now available at the National Science Foundation's Dunn Solar Telescope at Sunspot, NM, are revealing striking details inside sunspots and hint at features remaining to be discovered in solar activity. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

How We'll Get Back to the Moon...

10/07/2005 07:00AM

How We'll Get Back to the Moon...

Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon. And this time, we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. There are echoes of the iconic images of the past, but it won't be your grandfather's moon shot. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

NASA Space Observatories Glimpse Faint Afterglow of Nearby Stellar Explosion.

10/05/2005 07:00AM

NASA Space Observatories Glimpse Faint Afterglow of Nearby Stellar Explosion.

NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...

Parfocalness gets Peeked and Prodded

10/04/2005 07:00AM

Parfocalness gets Peeked and Prodded

Wing Eng covers the parfocal line of 1-1/4" Televue eyepieces in this week's review winner...

Dusty Old Star Offers Window to Our Future, Astronomers Report

10/02/2005 07:00AM

Dusty Old Star Offers Window to Our Future, Astronomers Report

Astronomers have glimpsed dusty debris around an essentially dead star where gravity and radiation should have long ago removed any sign of dust. The discovery might provide insights into our own solar system’s eventual demise several billion years from now.<b> NOTE: The size of this article precludes offering international translations. - Ed.</b>

Mathematics Unites the Heavens and the Atom

10/01/2005 07:00AM

Mathematics Unites the Heavens and the Atom

In recent years, mathematicians have discovered an almost perfect parallel between the motion of spacecraft through the solar system and the motion of atoms in a chemical reaction--a hidden unity that has led to innovative new ways to design space missions. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Astronomers find vast stellar web spun by colliding galaxies

09/30/2005 07:00AM

Astronomers find vast stellar web spun by colliding galaxies

Virgo image gives evidence of violent life, death of cluster galaxies (<i>NOTE: This article was too long to allow for translations - Ed.</i>)

NASA finds "big baby" galaxies in newborn universe

09/28/2005 07:00AM

NASA finds "big baby" galaxies in newborn universe

Two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in several distant galaxies. One of these galaxies, among the most distant ever seen, appears to be unusually massive and mature for its place in the young universe. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>