That faster than light Neutrino result still stands despite a couple of weeks of further observation. New Scientist.
Shackleton Energy are planning to be the first company to mine the Moon. Wired.
Cygnus X-1 is the first Black Hole to have it's 'history' charted from it's inception 6 million years ago thanks to VLBA. ScienceDaily
Bad Astronomy has a splendid explanation of the optical/cosmological effects behind this stunning pic of the Moon taken from the ISS.
Seems like Europa's peculiar domes/depressions are where liquid water has approached the surface. New Scientist. And there's some new evidence for giant lakes of water under it's surface, Wired.
China's Shenzhou probe successfully returns to Earth after docking with it's minilab, another step towards the goal of an orbiting manned space station. BBC
While Russia's failed Phobos-Grunt probe is, according to scientists, due to fall into our atmosphere sometime in January. It's payload of toxic fuel is still a concern apparently. New Scientist.
The problem of orphan supernovae may just be because their surrounding galaxies are not visible. Physorg.
NASA have released their most accurate relief map of the Moon yet. BBC
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