Two Moons and a Ring

The Cassini mission continues to return both science and wonder:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawimagedetails/index.cfm?imageID=240640

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How Can They Be so Blind?

The July/August issue of _Discover_ has a letter commenting on an article in the previous issue, which gave an overview of the search for extrasolar planets. The writer stated, flatly, that astronomers had already discovered too many planets they could never visit or send probes to, so they might as well stop. Oh, and cancel the Kepler probe, too.

Zoom!

The ISS crew got a photo of _Atlantis_ starting re-entry:

http://www.space.com/12385-spectacular-photo-final-space-shuttle-landing-earth.html

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