Archive for 2007

NASA lends a hand in Central America
December 28, 2007
News and Features NASA lends a hand in Central America

SERVIR's supercomputer at the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) in Panama City integrates data from a variety of sources and displays a real-time map of crisis points. At a glance, decisions-makers can see where rain will fall, where flooding will occur, the location of forest fires, hurricanes, tornadoes – pretty much anything nature can dish out. CATHALAC then warns residents.

What Would ET See?
December 23, 2007
News and Features What Would ET See?

Astronomers are trying to determine what alien races might see if they happened to be staring at the Earth from the surface of far away planets. The research may help us better understand what we should look for when searching for habitable planets around distant stars.

Signs of Early Sulfur
December 22, 2007
News and Features Signs of Early Sulfur

Scientists have found that sulfur dioxide might have played a role in warming the climate of early Mars. The finding may help determine whether or not Mars could have supported life in the past, and may also yield important clues about the conditions in which life originated on the early Earth.

Asteroid Threatens to Hit Mars
December 21, 2007
News and Features Asteroid Threatens to Hit Mars

Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid named 2007 WD5 that is expected to cross the orbital path of Mars early next year. Calculations by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory indicate that the 164-ft wide asteroid may pass within 30,000 miles of Mars at about 6 a.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2008.

Suzaku Explains Cosmic Powerhouses
December 20, 2007
News and Features Suzaku Explains Cosmic Powerhouses

By working in synergy with a ground-based telescope array, the joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatory is shedding new light on some of the most energetic objects in our galaxy, but objects that remain shrouded in mystery.

NASA Satellite Captures First View of 'Night-Shining Clouds'
July 16, 2007
News and Features NASA Satellite Captures First View of 'Night-Shining Clouds'

Humans have yet to see Earth's center, as did the characters in Jules Verne's science fiction classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth." But a new NASA study proposes a novel technique to pinpoint more precisely the location of Earth's center of mass and how it moves through space.

Opportunity's One-Way Trip?
July 15, 2007
News and Features Opportunity's One-Way Trip?

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is about to begin a dangerous descent into Mars' massive Victoria Crater. The trip is worth the risk because exposed materials in the crater's depths could yield important information about the history of water on Mars.

Biosphere 2 Bounces Back
July 14, 2007
News and Features Biosphere 2 Bounces Back

A new initiative to provide researchers with access to the Biosphere 2 facility is set to help scientists tackle challenges facing science and society, including global climate change, the fate of water and how energy travels through Earth's ecosystems.

Hubble Catches Jupiter Changing Its Stripes
July 13, 2007
News and Features Hubble Catches Jupiter Changing Its Stripes

Massive Jupiter is undergoing dramatic atmospheric changes that have never been seen before with the keen "eye" of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

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