... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Observing . ... Young super-Jupiter found wandering without a parent . ... Sojourner: lost and found . ... A high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this image of the landing site of 1997's Pathfinder mission. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Changing a World . ... I was watching a PBS program about John Glenn's 1998 launch on the Space Shuttle when the idea first occurred to me. ... As the program went on to talk about space initiatives and what comes next for NASA, covering topics such as the International Space Station and Mars colonization, I began to realize how common-place some of this must be to my students, nearly all of whom have grown up in the post-Apollo era. ... All of this meant that I knew why I was interested in science....

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Earth Satellites . ... A bleak Martian Panorama from a Viking spacecraft (Image credit: NASA) . In the last part of this article we saw Mars had once been regarded as a home for life. ... No subsequent NASA Mars probe or rover since has carried any instruments to directly locate Martian life, being focussed on the planetт??s climate and geology. ... Alternately could life from the early Earth seeded Mars? ... The Truth about Life on Mars (part 3) | ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Le rover Curiosity en route vers Mars . ... Curiosity est maintenant sur sa trajectoire interplan†йtaire qui le conduira sur Mars au terme d'un voyage de huit mois....

... Dr Zheng-wen Sun and Dr Wei Xia Wang from the Urumqui Astronomical Observatory in China have arrived in Parkes for a one-year sojourn. Sun and Wang are receiver engineers building a new cooled L-band receiver for the Urumqui Observatory 25-M telescope, as part of a contract with the ATNF. ... Kimberly Robertson has joined the dedicated and hardworking band of casuals working in Observatory Visitors Centre. ... A Galactic bulge extension to the ZOA has already started and will run well into 2002. ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:11:56 EST Subject: Mars Dust storms, lecture, TV, Bargain telescope Hi all, 1. ... Dr Donald Parker (USA) writes of his CCD images taken on December 13 (Ls = 315 degrees): "A significant dust storm has arisen to cover Chryse, Erythraeum M., Aurorae Sinus, Candor, with smaller clouds in northern Argyre and possibly Aram." ... Data from December 14-16 indicate a spreading of the dust to include part of Thaumasia." ... Bargain LIDL Telescope. ...

... The Wingaersheek Observatory and Telescope . Mario Motta and Scott Milligan . ... For the May meeting I was hoping to show a completed telescope, but it always takes twice as much time to make over 400 parts than you think. ... A new design that has near zero aberrations (no Newtonian coma, for example), made from all spherical surfaces, and would help me build the optics, including fabricating the main mirror. ... Other Monthly Meetings . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

O what can ail thee, Knight at arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has withered from the Lake And no birds sing! O what can ail thee, Knight at arms, So haggard, and so woebegone? The squirrel's granary is full And the harvest's done. ... I met a Lady in the Meads, Full beautiful, a faery's child, Her hair was long, her foot was light And her eyes were wild. ... I set her on my pacing steed And nothing else saw all day long, For sidelong would she bend and sing A faery's song. ...