“ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO
Have Events in Space Influenced Evolution of Life on the Earth? E.Cielēns (abridged)
Do Pulsars Radiate also in X-Rays? A.Balklavs (abridged)
Satellite of Friendship In Orbit. (Soviet Press materials)  

DEVELOPMENTS in SCIENCE
Innovation in Latvia: an Illusion or Reality? I.Kalviņš

NEWS
Half Comet-Half Asteroid Discovered With Baldone Schmidt Telescope. I.Eglītis
While Rosetta is on the Fly from Steins to Lutetia. A.Alksnis

INTERNATIONAL YEAR of ASTRONOMY 2009
Astronomy beyond 2009. M.Gills
The International Year of Astronomy 2009: The Largest Science Education and Public Outreach Event in History (IAU1001 Press Release)
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Philately. Series EUROPA. J.Limansky
Wonders of the Solar System in Oberhausen. A.Bruņeniece, I.Dudareva
Arturs Balklavs and Astronomy in Latvia (1997-2005). I.Pundure

LATVIAN SCIENTISTS
Professor of Physics Kurt Schwartz – 80. J.Jansons

CONFERENCES and MEETINGS
IAU XXVII General Assembly. Participant’s Notes. D.Docenko
Stable, Could Be Better. I.Vilks

At SCHOOL
Solutions of Problems of 36^th Latvian Open Mathematics Olympiad. L.Freija, A.Andžāns

MARS in the FOREGROUND
The Salty Mars. J.Jaunbergs

For AMATEURS
Observations of Mercury. M.Šiļina
Noctilucent Clouds in the Summer of 2009. A.Sokolovs

COSMOS as an ART THEME
The Universe as Philately Subject (7^th continuation). J.Štrauss

FROM ANCIENT TIMES
Notes around the Star of the Bethlehem. N.Cimahoviča

CHRONICLE
First Fifty Years of Infinity or Commemoration of 50 Years of „Zvaigžņotā Debess” (snapshots) (concluded). A.Andžāns, I.Pundure

READERS' SUGGESTIONS
Christianity, Middle Ages and Science. R.Kūlis

The STARRY SKY in the SPRING of 2010. J.Kauliņš

• Contents of other The STARRY SKY issues