Today's SpaceInfo news headlines

4-5 Jul 2009

> First new images from the Moon

NASA's LRO spacecraft has sent back its first images of the lunar surface.

> New class of black holes discovered

Astronomers find a new type of black hole, 500 times the mass of the Sun.

> IMAGE: Shadows on Saturn's rings

Midget moon Mimas casts a long shadow over Saturn's rings.

> Insights to come from WISE satellite

Stars and planets can't hide from this new observatory.

> EARTH FROM SPACE: Mt Fuji, Japan

The world's most famous volcano, seen from Earth orbit.

Earlier stories

> Was the martian climate life-friendly?

Were conditions on the Red Planet good for life in the recent past?

> Largest ever survey of distant galaxy groups

Astronomers complete the largest ever survey designed to find distant clusters of galaxies.

> EARTH FROM SPACE: The Great Barrier Reef, Australia

One of the natural wonders of the world in all its glory, as seen by satellite.

> Moon not a nuclear-free zone

The first definite detection of uranium on the Moon.

> Space data makes new 3D map of Earth

New 3D map covers 99 per cent of the globe in amazing detail.

> Looking for a slice of life

New ways to find microbes in the Solar System's coldest places.

  > DOWN TO EARTH: Australia's inland lake, seen from space

The ephemeral Lake Eyre has filled with water.

  > Does Saturn have salty rings?

Cassini spacecraft finds salt in Saturn's outer ring.

  > Shuttle shines light on comet impact

Can the space shuttle explain a mystery explosion in Siberia?

  > DOWN TO EARTH: Florida, seen from space

  > Ulysses meets his end

  > Stuck Mars rover isn't wasting time

  > All systems GOES for new satellite

  > DOWN TO EARTH: Man-made island in the Persian Gulf, seen from space

  > Yes, astronauts do have stars in their eyes

  > Lunar death plunge

  > Mystery "masers" in the Orion Nebula

  > DOWN TO EARTH: Southern Alaska, seen from space

  > NASA's Moon mission enters lunar orbit

  > Lunar "bomb" on course for crash

  > Odyssey alters orbit to study Mars

  > Mars rover's arm under test

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