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Geochemists Challenge Key Theory Regarding Earth's Formation
Geologists call into
question three decades of
conventional wisdom
regarding some of the
physical processes that
helped shape the Earth as we
... > full story
Cracks In The Foundation: Fundamental Geological Assumption Relating To Planet Earth Not Quite True
Chondritic meteorites have a
similar chemical composition
to the sun and are therefore
reliable witnesses as to
what the solar nebula, from ... > full story
Mars Radar Instruments Work Together To Discover Hidden Martian Secrets
A radar instrument has
looked beneath the surface
of Mars and opened up a new
dimension for planetary
exploration. The technique's
... > full story
Could There Be Life On Saturn's Moon Enceladus?
Could microbial life exist
inside Enceladus, where no
sunlight reaches,
photosynthesis is impossible
and no oxygen is available?
To answer that question, we
... > full story
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Plan To Identify Watery Earth-like Planets Develops
April 26, 2008 — Astronomers are looking to identify Earth-like watery worlds circling distant stars from a glint of light seen through an optical space telescope and a newly developed mathematical ... > full story -
Secure Communications Via Space
April 23, 2008 — The exchange of information between distant sources is the basis of all communications, but quantum mechanics may open up this distant exchange as never before. Quantum key distribution, for ... > full story -
Commander Peggy Whitson Breaks Record For Time In Space For A U.S. Astronaut
April 21, 2008 — Commander Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of the 16th International Space Station crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan around 4:30 a.m. EDT April 19 after 192 days in space. All ... > full story -
What Are The Odds Of Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life?
April 19, 2008 — A mathematical model suggests that the odds of finding new life on other Earth-like planets are low, given the time it has taken for beings such as humans to evolve and the remaining life span of the ... > full story -
Electric Solar Wind Sail Could Power Future Space Travel In Solar System
April 17, 2008 — A new electric solar wind sail is almost ready for implementation. Electric sail propulsion might have a large impact on space research and space travel throughout the solar system. The electric ... > full story -
Hubble Pinpoints Location Of Record-breaking Cosmic Explosion
April 15, 2008 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the fading optical counterpart of a powerful gamma ray burst that holds the record for being the intrinsically brightest naked-eye object ever seen from ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Images Mars Moon In Color And In 3D
April 10, 2008 — A new stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars ... > full story -
New Rocky Planet Found In Constellation Leo
April 10, 2008 — Astronomers have discovered a possible terrestrial-type planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Leo. The new planet, which lies at a distance of 30 light years from the Earth, has a mass five ... > full story -
Meteorites Delivered The 'Seeds' Of Earth's Left-hand Life, Experts Argue
April 7, 2008 — Desert heat, a little water, and meteorite impacts may have been enough to cook up one of the first prerequisites for life: The dominance of "left-handed" amino acids, the building blocks of life on ... > full story -
Evolution Of Venus: First Too Fast, Then Too Slow
April 6, 2008 — Scientists analyzing the data from the European Venus Express spacecraft now orbiting Earth's prodigal twin planet have been piecing together an understanding of why the climate on both worlds is so ... > full story
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