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Issue # 55 - July / August 2007

The Mars Hoax: Again; Mars Phoenix Lander approaching launch date; NASA robots in the Arctic; Stellar Evolution; Space facts: the milky way; Dwarf planet Pluto; Sky Observation log for August 2007; Helix Nebula by Spitzer; Astronomy news in SA.

Issue # 54 - May / June 2007

Space Shuttle preparing for launch on 8 June 2007; Hubble sees ghostly ring of dark matter around galaxy cluster; One of the most energetic events ever detected in space; NASA's Space Shuttle; The planet Neptune; Night sky info for June 2007; Spitzer photo of M16, Astronomy links in SA.

Issue # 53 - April 2007

The risks in human missions to Mars; Gemini's Laser Vision Reveals Striking New Details in Orion Nebula; The tilted planet Uranus; April 2007 night skies; What is spectroscopy?; Surrounded by Lightning in Sutherland (photo sense).

Issue # 52 - March 2007

Stunning views of Jupiter's moon Io by the New Horizons probe, Rosetta probe flies by Mars and gets a special view of the Red Planet, Atmosphere around an exoplanet? A surprise from Spitzer, Integral satellite may have found fastest neutron star yet; The Threat of Near-Earth Objects; The Ring Planet Saturn; March 2007 night skies; World Meteorological Day 2007; Boyden Observatory open evening on 24 March 2007; Your participation in the international Globe-at-Night project awaits...; Video astrophotography and satellite tracking.

Issue # 51 - January / February 2007

Hubble's dominant observing instrument fails, Pluto probe still going strong, approaches Jupiter, First images from the STEREO solar observatories, A light echo from our galaxy's central black hole, Small Solar System Bodies (SSSB's), Jupiter the Giant, February 2007 night skies, The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Photo: Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught, Bloemfontein astronomy.

Issue # 50 - December 2006

Discovery STS-116 to the ISS, MRO photo of Victoria crater on Mars, Supernova remnant N49, Ancient Greek decoder decoded, Becoming an astronaut, The Planet Mars, Sky Observation log for December 2006, Global Warming: as real as it gets, Cerro Paranal (ESO's VLT)

Issue # 49 - November 2006

Hubble service mission, HESS gamma-ray detection, Extreme life forms found, M16 gas pillars, Planet Earth, Sky Observatoin log for November 2006, ASSA Top 100 Deep Sky Objects, SAAO Cape Town

Issue # 48 - October 2006

MRO captures a Rover on camera, SA's 2nd satellite scheduled for December launch, Seeing an exoplanet might be in reach, Swift and Supermassive black holes on roll-call, The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, the Planet Venus, Sky Observation log: October 2006, Variable star observations, SA shortlisted to host SKA, 7th ASSA Symposium feedback

Issue # 47 - September 2006

Atlantis to the ISS, SMART-1 impacted the moon, Pluto now a dwarf planet, SALT science press release, The Planet Mercury, Clyde Tombaugh, Fuzzies in the sky, Friends of Boyden.

Issue # 46 - August 2006

Beware the Mars Hoax, Lakes on Titan, SMART-1 to crash into moon, Supermassive black holes, Facts about our sun, Our nearest star the sun, SKA/KAT news updates, McDonald Observatory and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope.

Issue # 45 - July 2006

Cassini at half-mark, James Webb Space Telescope, Supernova remnants, Beta Pictoris dust disks, Space Shuttle Facts, Popularising astronomy, Cederberg astronomical observatory, W.M. Keck Observatory.

Issue # 44 - June 2006

SOHO working until 2009, Crater under Antarctic shelf, NGC 6164-5, Types of telescopes, Eagle Nebula, Lunar Occultations, Cape Town Planetarium.

Special report on the Importance of Astronomy - May 2006

Issue # 43 - 19 May 2006

GLAST prepares for flight, Venus Express readies science, Two companion galaxies found to our own, NGC 3190, List of brightest and nearest stars, Vacuum of space, Black holes, Sky Watching Tips, RA/Dec, MTN ScienCentre.

Issue # 42 - 4 May 2006

CloudSat and Calipso launched, New Horizons after 100 days, 2007 Mars Mission, Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 by Hubble, Meteor showers, Vredefort crater, Buying the right telescope, UNISA astronomy.

Issue # 41 - April 2006

Venus Express arrives at Venus, Expedition 13 at the ISS, Debris field around pulsar, can HST take pictuers of Earth?, Differences between space and Earth rocks, Light Pollution, WGSSA.

Issue # 40 - 27 March 2006

Falcon 1 launch failure, Quasar in the distance, How many man-made satellites?, What formed Earth's oxygen?, Astrophoto stacking, etaCarina homepage.

Issue # 39 - 7 March 2006

MRO critical steps, ISS Co-op review, HST Pinwheel photo, Galaxies, How long do stars live?, Is time travel possible?, Angular separation, Willie Koorts's home page.

Issue # 38 - January 2006

Stardust sample returns to Earth, New Horizons to Pluto, Fossil galaxy reveals clue to early universe, Voyager spacecraft, Dark adaptation, SAASTA, Exploratorium in the US.

Issue # 37 - November 2005

Stardust - NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission, Einstein Space Ring, "Cosmology", Satellite orbital motion, Choosing the best eyepiece, South African Space Portal, Adler Planetarium in the US, Sky Guide 2006.

Issue # 36 - October 2005

Hayabusa asteroid sample return, NASA's new bid for the moon, Chandra's evidence for cosmic rays, Supernovae and white dwarfs, Wormholes, What are stars made of?, Photographing lunar details, SKAT/KAT,

Issue # 35 - September 2005

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Disovery returns to Earth, Hubble galaxy photo, Planets around other Stars?, Earth's escape velocity, HartRAO, Spirit on Martian hill, First Light for SALT, Cosmic microwave background radiation, Black holes, JHB Planetarium.

Issue # 34 - August 2005

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched, Discovery returns to Earth, Hubble galaxy photo, Planets around other stars?, Earth's escape velocity, HartRAO.

Issue # 33 - July 2005

Astro E2 X-ray satellite, Deep Impact findings, Exoplanet in 3-star system, Earth's rotation and aircraft speed, How many stars with the naked eye?, Who invented the telescope?, Value of Binoculars, HMO.

Issue # 32 - June 2005

Deep Impact mission, "Shooting stars", Dark side of the Moon, Southern Night Sky, HESS.

Issue # 31 - May 2005

Voyager satellite; Red spot on Titan; Microlensing for exoplanets; If the Earth stops spinning; Oldest and largest impact crater in the world; all 91 segments of SALT installed.

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Issue # 30 - May 2003 - Stars

- Missions to Mars, Argo Navis (Puppis & Pyxis), Stars, Newton, The Mayans