... Inside Mars . ... From orbit, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft has recorded detailed images of the red planet since July 1997. ... Many of these glass beads were present in lunar soil samples returned to Earth by the Apollo missions. ... Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it is never seen far from the Sun, and so is only visible near sunrise or sunset. If trailing the Sun, Mercury will be visible for several minutes before it follows the Sun behind the Earth. ...

... 2005 October 26 . 4,500 Kilometers Above Dione . Credit : Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA . ... Pictured above is an image taken about 4,500 kilometers above Dione 's icy surface, spanning about 23 kilometers. Fractures, grooves, and craters in Dione's ice and rock are visible. ... The lip of a 60-kilometer wide crater runs from the middle left to the upper center of the image, while the crater's center is visible on the lower right. ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... October . ... By admin October 8, 2010 Posted in: Monthly Sky Notes . A giant from close up: an image made using data from the Cassini probe which flew past Jupiter in 2000. ... As it is so far from us, it takes JupiterтАЩs light a significant time to reach us тАУso when you see Jupiter tonight you are seeing it as it was 35€а minutes in the past. ... Posted October 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM . ... Astronotes . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... Warped passages: Thursday 16 October 2008 . ... Catch a Falling Star: Thursday 9 October . A stronomy Ireland Colm J. Cannon Memorial lecture: " Searching for Planets Around Other Stars - From Galway " by Gregg Hallinan, at 8 pm, Monday 13 October, in the Physics Building, Trinity College Dublin. ... The techniques used to detect these planets requires the use of very sensitive and expensive equipment. ... Tuesday, 7 October 2008 23:23 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Moscow 2005, October 3 - 6 . October 3, Monday . ... ICE BREAKER . ... SPACE SCIENCES. ... COFFEE BREAK . ... Mars: Past, present, future . ... LUNCH . ... From the Sun to the Earth and beyond - CME/Solar wind monitoring through a Solar Polar Orbiter Radio Telescope . ... Some implications of recent spacecraft data on the sources, loss and transport of magnetospheric particles . ... Space Physics as a bridge between the space science and applications . ...