The latest astronomy news from NASA, JPL, ESA and other sources.

NASA

• NASA Updates Shuttle Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details
  
• NASA's Fermi Telescope Probes Dozens of Pulsars
  
• NASA Astronaut Starts Agency's First Bilingual Twitter
  
• NASA's LRO Spacecraft Sends First Lunar Images to Earth
  
• Chandra Digest (Jul 1) Celestial Fireworks
  
• Space Station Appearing Nationwide Over July 4 Weekend
  
• NASA TV to Broadcast Space Station Crew's Move of Return Craft
  
• NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
  
• NASA Holds Test to Verify Endeavour Tank Repairs
  
• NASA Selects Nine New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration
  
• NASA And NOAA'S GOES-O Satellite Successfully Launched
  
• NASA Announces Apollo Anniversary Events, News Conference
  
• NASA Announces Request For Information On Von Braun Collection
  

JPL

• NASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate Cycles
  
• Earthquakes, From Above and Below: Live Chat
  
• Ulysses Spacecraft Ends Historic Mission of Discovery
  
• NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
  
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ESA

• Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
  
• Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
  
• [ESA Operations] Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
  
• Earth from Space: 'Great Red Island'
  
• Wireless networks spread from Earth to space
  
• ATV 2 Press Seminar and ISS In-Flight-Call on 7 July 2009 in Bremen
  
• XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes
  
• XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes
  
• Ulysses: 12 extra months of valuable science
  
• Ulysses: 12 extra months of valuable science
  
• [ESA Operations] Ulysses: 12 extra months of valuable science
  
• Record number of participants attend Portuguese Space Forum
  
• Mars500 diary: entered landing module
  
• [ESA Operations] Ulysses - last communication - webcast from NASA/JPL 30 June 17:00 CEST
  
• Would you like to join the crew of the Concordia station in the Antartica?
  
• Optimising forest production with space technology
  
• Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end
  
• ESA to build its third deep space ground station in Argentina
  
• [ESA Operations] ESA to build its third deep space ground station in Argentina
  
• Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end
  
• [ESA Operations] Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end
  

Other News

• [Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule
  
• [Launch Alert] Minuteman III Launched