Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
Researchers have found new
evidence that the atmosphere
of Mars is being stripped
away by solar wind. It's not
a gently continuous erosion,
but rather a ripping process
in which chunks of Martian ... > full story
Jupiter's Rocky Core Bigger And Icier, According To New Simulation
When Jupiter formed 4.5
billion years ago, rocks and
ice combined to form a rocky
core 14-18 times the mass of
the Earth, according to a
... > full story
NASA Prepares For New Juno Mission To Jupiter
NASA is officially moving
forward on a mission to
conduct an unprecedented,
in-depth study of Jupiter.
Called Juno, the mission
will be the first in which a
... > full story
Source Of Geysers On Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Be Underground Water
Saturn's moon may have
underground water which is
spewing plumes of water
vapor into space through
geysers. Scientists found
... > full story
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Dawn Spacecraft Glides Into New Year
November 27, 2008 NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system this week as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year. ... > full story -
Space Waste: Handling Garbage When Your Dumpster Is 100 Million Miles Away?
November 26, 2008 In space, no one takes out the trash. Garbage can pile up, spoil and become a health hazard for astronauts in the cramped living quarters of a space ... > full story -
Mars Express Observes Aurora On The Red Planet
November 24, 2008 Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurora on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by ... > full story -
Beta Pictoris Planet Finally Imaged?
November 21, 2008 A team of French astronomers have discovered an object located very close to the star Beta Pictoris, and which apparently lies inside its disc. With a projected distance from the star of only 8 times ... > full story -
Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing
November 20, 2008 Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory. The agency had a wider range of possible landing ... > full story -
NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet
November 19, 2008 NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, ... > full story -
New Planet Discovered Orbiting Dangerously Close To Giant Star
November 19, 2008 Astronomers have discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272, which is much older than our own Sun. The planet has a mass that is nearly six times that of Jupiter, ... > full story -
Comet Particles Provide Glimpse Of Solar System's Birth Spasms
November 19, 2008 Scientists are tracking the violent convulsions in the giant cloud of gas and dust that gave birth to the solar system 4.5 billion years ago via a few tiny particles from comet Wild ... > full story -
Nations Around World Mark 10th Anniversary Of International Space Station
November 18, 2008 Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station. Now the ... > full story -
Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Massive Oceans
November 18, 2008 As much as a third of Mars could have been underwater, scientists say. An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new ... > full story
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