... The Earth's northern hemisphere appears outlined as a sunlit crescent in this dramatic view from the GOES 8 satellite. ... The Galileo team has just released three more photographs of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io taken in June. ... The X-Ray Moon . ... It shows three distinct regions: a bright X-ray sky, a bright part of the Moon, and a relatively dark part of the Moon. ... Pictured above is a three person Russian Soyuz capsule with wing-like solar panels extended, joined to the Mir space station. ...