Solar System News

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Extensive Valley Network on Mars Adds to Evidence for Ancient Martian Ocean

Posted November 13, 2009:

• Professor to Predict Weather on Mars

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Are Earth's Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material?

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Sees Channels From Hale Crater
• MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory On Mercury
• Cassini Makes Successful Flight Through Plume Of Saturn's Moon Enceladus
• Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen In Winter Images From Mars

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System

Posted November 2, 2009:

• 'Ultra-Primitive' Particles Found In Comet Dust

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Key Process For Space Outpost Proved On 'Vomit Comet' Ride

Posted October 24, 2009:

• Galileo's Notebooks May Reveal Secrets Of New Planet

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Astronomers Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Mission

Posted October 19, 2009:

• How The Moon Produces Its Own Water

Posted October 18, 2009:

• New View Of The Heliosphere: Cassini Helps Redraw Shape Of Solar System

Posted October 16, 2009:

• New Concept May Enhance Earth-Mars Communication
• Catching The Interstellar Wind: Spacecraft Finds Ribbon-Like Structure At Edge Of Heliosphere

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Asteroid Is Actually A Protoplanet, Study Of First High-Resolution Images Of Pallas Confirms

Posted October 7, 2009:

• NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around Saturn

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Rocket Smash Could Find Moon’s Water Ice, Expert Says

Posted October 4, 2009:

• 'Trash Can' Nuclear Reactors Could Power Human Outpost On Moon Or Mars
• Chemistry Of Titan's Hazy Atmosphere Unraveled

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High
• Global View Of Valleys On Saturn's Moon Titan Shows North-South Contrast
• Telltale Tells Story Of Winds At Phoenix Landing Site

Posted September 28, 2009:

• MESSENGER Spacecraft Prepares For Final Pass By Mercury

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Scientists See Water Ice In Fresh Meteorite Craters On Mars

Posted September 23, 2009:

• Cassini Reveals New Ring Quirks, Shadows During Saturn Equinox
• Radar Map Of Buried Mars Layers Matches Climate Cycles

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP Shedding Light On Permanently Shadowed Regions Of The Moon

Posted September 21, 2009:

• It's A Grind To Make Mars Red: Planet's Color May Not Be Due To Rust
• New Transient Radiation Belt Discovered Around Saturn

Posted September 20, 2009:

• Rare Meteorite Found Using New Camera Network In Australian Desert
• Venus Express Adds Evidence For Atmospheric Water Loss On Earth's Twin

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Scientists Complete First Geological Global Map Of Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Space-Related Radiation Research Could Help Reduce Fractures In Cancer Survivors
• Longest Lightning Storm On Saturn Breaks Solar System Record

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Patterns In Mars Crater Floors Give Picture Of Drying Lakes

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Saturn's Moon Titan Could Power 150 Billion Labor Day Barbecues

Posted September 4, 2009:

• Thousands Of New Images Show Mars In High Resolution

Posted September 3, 2009:

• Will Kepler Find Habitable Moons?

Posted August 28, 2009:

• Huge New Planet Orbits 'Wrong' Way Around Star; Tells Of Game Of Planetary Billiards

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Extrasolar Hot Jupiter: The Planet That 'Shouldn’t Exist'

Posted August 15, 2009:

• Mars Orbiter Shows Angled View Of Martian Crater

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Mars, Methane And Mysteries: Red Planet May Not Be As Dormant As Once Thought

Posted August 12, 2009:

• Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava Flying

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Revelations In Saturn's Rings Continue As Equinox Approaches

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