1. Space News Update - June 16, 2015 - In the News Departments Story 1:
Rosetta's Lander Philae Wakes-up from Hibernation -- Has it been Located?
Story 2:
Chandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptions
Story 3: Seven Wild Myths About Pluto
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. Rosetta's Lander Philae Wakes-up from Hibernation -- Has it been Located?
In this computer graphic, NASA's Voyager 1 probe, moving toward upper left, nears the edge of the sun's influence, flying through a region of space dominated by a "magnetic highway" that helps mediate the flow of particles into and out of the solar system. The region includes particles from the sun's southern hemisphere that have been forced northward by the pressure of the interstellar wind. Voyager 1 is expected to cross the boundary into interstellar space sometime within the next few years if not sooner. (Credit: NASA)

3. Chandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptions

4. Seven Wild Myths About Pluto

5. The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, June 16
Look very high in the northeast for the Big Dipper hanging down by its handle. The middle star of the handle is Mizar, with tiny little Alcor right next to it. On which side of Mizar should you look for Alcor? As always, on the side toward Vega! Which now dominates the eastern sky.
Wednesday, June 17
Can you see the big Coma Berenices star cluster? Does your light pollution really hide it, or do you just not know exactly where to look? It's currently in the west after dark; look 40% of the way from Denebola (Leo's tail) to the end of the Big Dipper's handle (Ursa Major's tail). Its brightest members form an inverted Y. The cluster is about 5° wide — a big, dim glow when seen in at least a moderately dark sky. It nearly fills a binocular view with its sparsely scattered points.
Thursday, June 18
With summer just three days away, the Summer Triangle now stands high and proud in the east after dark. Its top star is bright Vega. Deneb is the brightest star to Vega's lower left (by 2 or 3 fists at arm's length). Look for Altair a greater distance to Vega's lower right. Don't miss the twilight sky show now going on in the west.
Friday, June 19
The Venus-Jupiter pairing is growing ever more striking in the west at dusk, as they near their June 30th conjunction. And as twilight fades this evening, look below them for the waxing crescent Moon as shown here.
Sky & Telescope

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
Date
Visible
Max Height
Appears
Disappears
Tue Jun 16, 9:49 PM
3 min
53°
34 above NNW
20 above ESE
Tue Jun 16, 11:24 PM
< 1 min
10°
10 above W
Wed Jun 17, 8:55 PM
4 min
30°
22 above N
10 above E
Wed Jun 17, 10:30 PM
29°
11 above WNW
29 above SW
Thu Jun 18, 9:38 PM
62°
35 above WNW
22 above SE
Fri Jun 19, 10:20 PM
2 min
12°
12 above SW
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

7. Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
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MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
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MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
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NASA-TV Highlights
NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone)
Tuesday, June 16
2 p.m., - Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) (all channels)
Wednesday, June 17
12:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 17 - In-Flight Event for a CASIS/Biotech Conference (Starts at 12:35 p.m.) (all channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jun 16 - Cassini, Dione Flyby
Jun 16 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Polydeuces, Methone, Pan, Atlas, Janus, Telesto & Titan
Jun 16 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.601 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 1140 Crimea Closest Approach To Earth (1.891 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 6216 San Jose Closest Approach To Earth (1.991 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 2039 Payne-Gaposchkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.395 AU)
Jun 16 - Centaur Object 5145 Pholus At Opposition ( AU)
Jun 17 - Comet C/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.426 AU)
Jun 17 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (5.027 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 2015 LK Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid Stony Ridge Closest Approach To Earth (1.932 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid Lake Placid Closest Approach To Earth (2.473 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 1373 Cincinnati Closest Approach To Earth (3.316 AU)
Jun th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of the Dhofar 378 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Jun th Anniversary (1985), STS-51-G Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery)
Jun 17 - William Parsons' 215th Birthday (1800)
Jun 18 - Mars Spring Equinox
Jun 18 - Comet 205P-B/Giacobini At Opposition (0.971 AU)
Jun 18 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (5.027 AU)
Jun 18 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.600 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 2015 LG Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid Sputnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.437 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 780 Armenia Closest Approach To Earth (2.179 AU)
JPL Space Calendar

9. Cosmic Kickstarter: How Crowdfunding Helps New Space Projects Launch
New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale
New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale
Food for Thought
Cosmic Kickstarter: How Crowdfunding Helps New Space Projects Launch

10. Stars forming in the Taurus Molecular Cloud
Space Image of the Week
Stars forming in the Taurus Molecular Cloud
Credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS, SPIRE/Gould Belt Survey Key Programme/Palmeirim et al. 2013