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Wandering Poles Left Scars On Jupiter's Moon Europa: Could Life Exist Beneath Icy Crust?
May 14, 2008 — Curved features on Jupiter's moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90 degrees, report scientists. Such an extreme shift suggests the existence of an internal liquid ocean ... > full story -
Jupiter's Rings Are Shaped By Interplay Of Sunlight And Shadow
April 30, 2008 — Astronomers appear to have solved a long-standing mystery about the cause of anomalies in Jupiter's gossamer rings. A faint extension of the outermost ring beyond the orbit of Jupiter's moon Thebe, ... > full story -
Coldest Brown Dwarf Ever Observed: Closing The Gap Between Stars And Planets
April 10, 2008 — An international team of astronomers has discovered the coldest brown dwarf star ever observed. This finding, to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, is a new step toward filling the gap ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Images Mars Moon In Color And In 3D
April 9, 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 -
Star Gazing? The Moon Meets The Pleiades, And Saturn Will Be Beautiful In April
March 31, 2008 — The Pleiades star cluster will have a beautiful encounter with the slender moon in the western sky after sunset on April 8. Usually the moon's brightness overpowers nearby stars, but not when it's ... > full story -
Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule On Extrasolar Planet
March 19, 2008 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually ... > full story -
New Luminous Spots Found On Jupiter
March 17, 2008 — Among luminous spots on Jupiter akin to Earth's Northern lights, scientists have observed a new type of spot. Generally, Jupiter's auroral spots result from waves generated by the giant planet's moon ... > full story -
New Discovery At Jupiter Could Help Protect Earth-Orbit Satellites
March 9, 2008 — Radio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter's magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research. The discovery overturns a theory that has held sway for more than a ... > full story -
Saturn May Be Surrounded By Undiscovered Near-Invisible Partial Rings
February 20, 2008 — Gaps in the soup of high energy particles near the orbits of two of Saturn's tiny moons indicate that Saturn may be surrounded by undiscovered, near-invisible partial rings. And, the larger Saturnian ... > full story -
Mystery Of Jupiter's Jets Uncovered
January 24, 2008 — At the end of March 2007, scientists all over the world observed with surprise and awe a rare change in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Research into these unusual storms and the reaction of the jet to ... > full story
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