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Scientists Complete First Geological Global Map Of Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede
September 16, 2009 — Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of Jupiter's moon Ganymede -- the solar system's largest moon -- and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, ... > full story -
Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed
March 2, 2009 — Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gained valuable new insights about the atmosphere of the dwarf planet Pluto. The scientists found unexpectedly large amounts of methane in the ... > full story -
NASA Prepares For New Juno Mission To Jupiter
November 24, 2008 — NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter. Called Juno, the mission will be the first in which a spacecraft is placed in a highly ... > full story -
Fifth Dwarf Planet Named Haumea
September 18, 2008 — The International Astronomical Union has announced that the object previously known as 2003 EL61 is to be classified as the fifth dwarf planet in the Solar System and named Haumea. This now means ... > full story -
Astronomers Find Unusual New Denizen Of The Solar System
August 19, 2008 — A "minor planet" with the prosaic name 2006 SQ372 is just over two billion miles from Earth, a bit closer than the planet Neptune. But this lump of ice and rock is beginning the return leg of a ... > full story -
'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto
June 11, 2008 — The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto at a meeting of its Executive Committee in Oslo. Almost two years after the IAU General ... > full story -
Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Sees Changes In Jupiter System
October 9, 2007 — The voyage of NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft through the Jupiter system earlier this year provided a bird's-eye view of a dynamic planet that has changed since the last close-up looks by ... > full story -
Sign Of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming In Nearby Stellar Systems
October 1, 2007 — Astronomers are pointing to three nearby stars they say may hold "embryonic planets" -- a missing link in planet-formation theories. As scientists try to piece together how our own planet came to be, ... > full story -
Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years Of Flight
August 29, 2007 — NASA's two venerable Voyager spacecraft are celebrating three decades of flight as they head toward interstellar space. Their ongoing odysseys mark an unprecedented and historic accomplishment. ... > full story -
Charon: An Ice Machine In The Ultimate Deep Freeze
July 19, 2007 — Frigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto's companion Charon, and recoating parts of its surface in ice crystals, could be making this distant world into the equivalent ... > full story
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