I notice that Pluto is still listed in the NASA photojournal of planets as part of our solar system, not listed as a "small body". Interesting.

Planet from ANOTHER GALAXY discovered.

Well, I'd say God does play dice with the universe, quantum mechanically speaking.

Brian May, the former lead guitarist for Queen, talks a little about his passions.  He is now a chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.  I knew he was studying for his doctorate in astrophysics, and would have enjoyed reading more about that in this interview.  Unfortunately, most of it is based on the music of Queen.

Holy Cassini!

NASA scientists discover evidence that alien life exists on Saturn's moon.

A spectacular picture of the ISS and Shuttle transit the Sun.
Wah.

I guess the news finally hit about Pluto being demoted.
Jupiter has lost a stripe.
What next?

NatGeo has their thoughts on the subject.

One picture, many eclipses.
The picture at first glimpse is pretty unremarkable until you really give it a thorough examination.
I really love this website.

Made available to all. Yes, presenting the  Near Earth Object Tracker Online for all of us who want to desperately know when something large and dangerous comes careening to Earth.

I feel better already, don't you?

Forty years ago I was sprawled on the floor as close to the television set as I possibly could get in my parent's small duplex they rented to see the landing and EVA of Apollo XI.  Back then we didn't have a remote control, so I was in charge of flipping back and forth from CBS to NBC to see the coverage. 
Seven years ago
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