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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>

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

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>

This week's review winner takes a look at and through the 60mm Apo by TeleVue...

Cambridge, MA - What did the very first stars look like? How did they live and die? Astronomers have ideas, but no proof. The first stars are so distant and formed so long ago that they are invisible to our best telescopes... <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have identified the source of a mysterious blue light surrounding a supermassive black hole in our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The strange light has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade...

Tycho's Remnant Provides Shocking Evidence for Cosmic Rays.<b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Sorry for the lapse guys and gals but your intrepid editor was away last week erecting his dark sky site (<a href="http://www.pswalsh.com/meadow">Click here for all the details</a>) and is only just now getting back in the saddle. To make up for it, we're posting 2 winners this week - a couple of 80mm scopes get the once over. It's good to be back amongst friends...

El Segundo, CA – September 8, 2005 – SpaceX today announced its new launch vehicle, the Falcon 9, an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) class vehicle. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

The detection of deuterium is of interest because the amount of deuterium can be related to the amount of dark matter in the universe, but accurate measurements have been elusive.<b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

On Sept. 16, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will host more than a dozen robots and their creators to showcase advanced robotics technology from across the nation. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

Observations of 1 Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealed that the object may be a "mini planet," and may contain large amounts of pure water ice beneath its surface. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

This week's review contest winner covers digital camera astrophotography from cover to cover...

The Gemini Observatory has released a pair of images that capture the dynamics of two very different interactions in space. One is a cold, dark dust cloud that resembles an ethereal-looking Chinese dragon. The other shows a distant duo of galaxies locked in a knot-like embrace that could portend the long-term future of our own Milky Way galaxy. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>

The pictures from MESSENGER’s Aug. 2 flyby of Earth are in – and they are spectacular! The collection includes “natural” color and infrared views of North and South America; a peek at the Galapagos Islands through a break in the clouds; and a movie of the rotating Earth, taken as MESSENGER sped away from its home planet. <b>NOTE: French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations follow...</b>