Perseid Meteors 2008
The Perseid meteor shower is underway and should reach its peak during the next 24 hours. Forecasters say the best time to look is during the…
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Meade mySKY Personal Planetarium
Meade is introducing the $399 mySKY, a GPS-based point and shoot personal planetarium that can locate and identify 30,000 celestial objects and display sky maps, videos,…
Read the article →Partial Lunar Eclipse: August 16 2008
This month sees the second of two lunar eclipses this year (the first eclipse was in February). This month’s eclipse is, however, only a partial eclipse.…
Read the article →Sky at Night: July 2008 – Rise of the Phoenix
July 2008 – Rise of the Phoenix: Patrick Moore has an update on the NASA spacecraft Phoenix’s mission to Mars. After a month on the planet’s…
Read the article →Sky at Night: June 2008 – the Battle of the Giants
June 2008 – The Battle of the Giants: Sir Patrick Moore finds out more about our two largest gas giants – Jupiter and Saturn. Dr Chris…
Read the article →Space Tourism News
The era of Space Tourism began on April 28, 2001 when Denis Tito was launched into space in a Russian Soyuz capsule. Tito, a multi-millionaire reputed…
Read the article →Sky at Night: May 2008 – We Just Don’t Know
August 2008 – Double Vision: Sir Patrick Moore celebrates the 666th edition of the programme, discussing some of the big, still unanswered questions with a panel…
Read the article →Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
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Read the article →Phoenix Spacecraft During Landing
Camera On Mars Orbiter Snaps Phoenix During Landing A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its…
Read the article →NASA Phoenix Spacecraft Lands on Mars
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having…
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