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Saturn's moon Enceladus may indeed hide an underground reservoir of water

Saturn's moon Enceladus may indeed hide an underground reservoir of water

   Scientists at Jet Propulsion Lab in California, the University of Colorado and the University of Central Florida in Orlando teamed up to analyze the plumes of water vapor and ice particles spewing from the moon.

Posted : Sun, Nov 30, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

NASA and USAID Bring Earth-Observation Benefits to Africa

NASA and USAID Bring Earth-Observation Benefits to Africa

   >NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and their international partners cut the ribbon Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, for SERVIR-Africa.

Posted : Fri, Nov 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet

NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet

   NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.

Posted : Thu, Nov 20, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Students Talk Live With NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

Students Talk Live With NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

   Enloe Magnet High School students in Raleigh, N.C., made a long distance call Friday to astronaut Michael Fincke aboard the International Space Station, more than 200 miles above Earth.

Posted : Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review

NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review

   NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Posted : Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site

NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site

   NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations.

Posted : Wed, Nov 12, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Fermi Telescope Discovers First Gamma-Ray-Only Pulsar

NASA's Fermi Telescope Discovers First Gamma-Ray-Only Pulsar

   The gamma-ray-only pulsar lies within a supernova remnant known as CTA 1, which is located about 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus.

Posted : Thu, Oct 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist

Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist

   Gamma-ray bursts, powerful glares of high-energy that wash through the Universe once every day or so are, for a brief time, the brightest objects in the gamma-ray sky.

Posted : Wed, Oct 15, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

New NASA Supercomputer Will Play Critical Role as Scientists Simulate Climate, Weather and Solar Activity

New NASA Supercomputer Will Play Critical Role as Scientists Simulate Climate, Weather and Solar Activity

   IBM iDataPlex System to Become Scientific Workhorse

Posted : Tue, Sep 23, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

Climate change caused widespread tree death in California mountain range, study confirms

Climate change caused widespread tree death in California mountain range, study confirms

   In just 30 years, plants moved up the mountain an average of 213 feet.

Posted : Tue, Aug 12, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Boeing Awarded Contract for GPS Enhancement Demonstration

Boeing Awarded Contract for GPS Enhancement Demonstration

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts.

Posted : Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

   NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified the presence of ethane.

Posted : Wed, Jul 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights

NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights

   Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Geologist finds clues to ancient chemistry of deep oceans

Geologist finds clues to ancient chemistry of deep oceans

   Queen’s researchers have moved another step closer to explaining changes in the chemistry of the deep oceans – and the sudden appearance of large animal fossils – more than 500 million years ago.

Posted : Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

   A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state.

Posted : Fri, Jul 11, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

MIT instrument studies edge of sun’s bubble

MIT instrument studies edge of sun’s bubble

   The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have traveled beyond the edges of the bubble in space where the sun’s constant outward wind of particles and radiation slams into the interstellar medium that pervades our galaxy.

Posted : Wed, Jul 09, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing

   A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

   NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Inspires Students to Center the Earth With Eccentrics

NASA Inspires Students to Center the Earth With Eccentrics

   Students from all over the world will gather to participate in the Odyssey of the Mind's 29th World Finals, a creative problem-solving competition, at the University of Maryland.

Posted : Sat, May 24, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA, NIA Announce NASA Education Television Partnership

NASA, NIA Announce NASA Education Television Partnership

   NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the launch of NASA Education TV (NASA eTV), a partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) to produce new educational television programs for distribution on NASA Television and the Internet.

Posted : Wed, May 14, 2008

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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