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»» New Horizons Team Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Charon’s Discovery
[Friday, July 4, 2008] This week the New Horizons mission team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto's largest and first moon, Charon, by U.S. Naval Observatory astronomers James Christy and Robert Harrington.
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»» Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
[Friday, July 4, 2008] This image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by a stellar explosion that occurred more than 1,000 years ago.
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»» NASA Mars Phoenix Lander to Bake Ice-Rich Soil Next Week
[Friday, July 4, 2008] The next soil sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander"s Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich.
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»» Save Arecibo Observatory
[Friday, July 4, 2008] The decision to ensure full funding currently rests upon votes in Congress on Senate Bill S. 2862 and House Resolution H.R. 3737. These bills desperately need more support.
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»» In Unique Stellar Laboratory, Einstein's Theory Passes Strict, New Test
[Friday, July 4, 2008] Taking advantage of a unique cosmic configuration, astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars.
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»» Geologists push back date basins formed, supporting frozen Earth theory
[Friday, July 4, 2008] University of Florida geologists say they have found strong evidence that a half-dozen major basins in India were formed a billion or more years ago, making them at least 500 million years older than commonly thought.
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»» Volcanic Activity Shaped Mercury After All
[Friday, July 4, 2008] A research team led by Brown University planetary geologist James Head has determined that volcanism played a central role in forming Mercury's surface.
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»» Earth from Space: California ablaze
[Friday, July 4, 2008] Billowing smoke from Northern California wildfires that have burnt more than 1400 km2
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»» Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Thoughts for Independence Day
[Friday, July 4, 2008] "Taking a little different tack today -- tomorrow [today] is the official birthday of the United States of America and it is time for Americans - and the rest of the world - to remember why the United States is as it is."
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»» Mercury's MESSENGER Spacecraft Results Provide Surprises
[Thursday, July 3, 2008] Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the latest spacecraft to visit the Sun's innermost planet.
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