Australian Sky & Telescope — January 01, 2018

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 21 tragically crash is an open question. But if it does gently touch down on the Red Planet, E ...

22 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 XINHUA (2) SCHINA MISSION China also plans to send an orbiter, lander and rover t ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 23 GULLIES ON THE WALL This false-colour image shows a crater wall in Utopia Planitia, with gu ...

24 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 0° 270° E 300° E 330° E 0° 30° E 60° E 90 50° –30° –50° HELLAS PLANITIA Ius Chasm ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 25 0 °E 120° E 150° E 180° E 270° E 50° 30° –30° –50° 0° 210° E 240° E M s HUS Viking 2 Curios ...

SIMPLY STUNNINGSaturn surpasses all other planets for its delicate complexity and surreal beauty.ThreemonthsafterCassiniarrived, ...

L aunched in 1997, Cassini flew by Venus twice, then past Earth, an asteroid and Jupiter on its way to Saturn. Finally reaching ...

28 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 CASSINI’S SATURN NASA / JPL / SPACE SCIENCE INST. STORMY SATURN On February 25, ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 29 2, 3, 4, 5, & 7: NASA / JPL / SPACE SCIENCE INST.; 6: NASA / JPL / TILLMAN DENK ...

CRACKED ICE Much of Enceladus has a smooth-yet- fractured surface, a hint that its interior is churning with activity. This enh ...

NASA / JPL / SPACE SCIENCE INST. / JASON MAJOR LIGHT & SHADOW Cassini arrived during late summer in Saturn’s southern hemis ...

32 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 8: NASA / JPL / SPACE SCIENCE INST. / JASON MAJOR; 9 & 11: NASA / JPL / SPACE ...

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34 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 14.COLD GEYSERSDramatic plumes of water vapour and microscopic particles jet into ...

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36 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 COSMIC COLLISION by Govert Schilling T SO THE RUMOURS WERE RIGHT after all. On Au ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 37 DC, astronomers and physicists finally revealed their secret. Colliding neutron stars Here’ ...

38 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 FOLLOWING THE FIREBALL The Australian National University (ANU) plays a leading r ...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au 39 The 1-metre Henrietta Swope TelescopeattheLasCampanas ObservatoryinnorthernChilewas the fir ...

40 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE January 2018 COSMIC COLLISION X-Shooter instrument at the Very Large Telescope and other instr ...