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Hidden behind interstellar clouds is a blast wave from a star that blew up as recently as 1850.

Find a Missing Mars Lander! — May 14, 2008
Ever since it crash-landed in 1999, NASA's Mars Polar Lander has been playing "hide and seek" with scientists trying to locate its remains. Now they want you to try.

WWT Screen
Software giant Microsoft wants to show you the universe with its WorldWide Telescope.

The nearest big colliding galaxies
A spectacular pair of colliding galaxies starts to make better sense.

GLAST
Earlier this week, key members of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) team were on hand to answer your questions about NASA's next space-based observatory. Read the conversation now.

The start of an exploding white dwarf
You thought an exploding star would be simple? Hah.

Hubble Servicing
Hubble Servicing Delayed — May 2, 2008
NASA's upcoming service call on the Hubble Space Telescope won't happen till late September or early October.

Portaball Reborn — May 1, 2008
Mag 1 Instruments, maker of the Portaball Telescope, is alive and well under a new owner.

Jupiter with Moons
The Galilean-satellite events published in Sky & Telescope's May 2008 issue are incorrect. Here's the correct listing.

Blazar model
How do black holes squirt away jets of matter at nearly the speed of light? Now we know!

New Track Media, Sky & Telescope's parent company, announced today that Bob Naeye will succeed Rick Fienberg as the magazine's editor in chief.

Little Dipper
Polaris's Pulsations Pick Up — April 28, 2008
The North Star, slightly variable in brightness, continues to confound expectations.

Carter Roberts
A pillar of amateur astronomy in the western US has died at the age of 62.

Telescopes Galore at NEAF — April 28, 2008
Dozens of new products debut at the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show.



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