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New Virtual Telescope Zooms In On Milky Way's Super-massive Black Hole
Astronomers have obtained
the closest views ever of
what is believed to be a
super-massive black hole at
the center of the Milky Way
... > full story
Origin Of Cosmic Dust That Lands On Earth Discovered
The origin of the
microscopic meteorites that
make up cosmic dust has been
revealed for the first time
in new research. ... > full story
Analysis Begins On Phoenix Mars Lander's Deepest Soil Sample
Scientists have begun to
analyze a sample of soil
delivered to NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander's wet chemistry
experiment from the deepest
trench dug so far in the
... > full story
NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends To Level Ground
NASA's Mars Exploration
Rover Opportunity has
climbed out of the large
crater that it had been
examining from the inside
since last September. ... > full story
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Antarctic Research Helps Shed Light On Climate Change On Mars
August 30, 2008 — Eroded gullies on the flanks of Martian craters may have been formed by snowmelt as recently as a few hundred thousand years ago and in sites once occupied by glaciers. Similar conditions can be ... > full story -
Origin Of High Energy Emission From Crab Nebula Identified
August 29, 2008 — Another piece of the jigsaw in understanding how neutron stars work has been put in place following the discovery by scientists of the origin of the high energy emission from rotation-powered ... > full story -
Clash Of Clusters Provides New Dark Matter Clue
August 27, 2008 — New Hubble and Chandra observations of the cluster known as MACSJ0025.4-1222 indicate that a titanic collision has separated dark from ordinary matter. This provides independent confirmation of a ... > full story -
NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing Out Of Victoria Crater
August 27, 2008 — NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock ... > full story -
How Do Galaxies Grow? Massive Galaxies Caught In The Act Of Merging
August 26, 2008 — Astronomers have caught multiple massive galaxies in the act of merging about 4 billion years ago. This discovery, made possible by combining the power of the best ground- and space-based telescopes, ... > full story -
New Space Telescope Reveals Entire Gamma-ray Sky
August 26, 2008 — NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope has revealed its first all-sky map in gamma rays. The onboard Large Area Telescope's all-sky image -- which shows the glowing gas of the Milky Way, ... > full story -
Generations Of Stars Pose For Family Portrait
August 25, 2008 — A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death amidst a rich family history. The striking infrared picture shows a colorful cosmic cloud, called W5, studded with ... > full story -
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Digs Deeper As Third Month Nears End
August 25, 2008 — The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ... > full story -
Mid-Depth Soil Collected For Lab Test On NASA's Mars Lander
August 24, 2008 — NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the ... > full story -
Space Age Engineers To Verify Control Software For Future Robotic Inter-planetary Missions
August 22, 2008 — An international team of engineers is to develop mission-critical control software for future European robotic space missions, it has been ... > full story
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