Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
491 to 500 of 7,104 stories
view headlines only
-
Cassini Halloween Treat: Titan Glows in the Dark
October 31, 2012 — A literal shot in the dark by imaging cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has yielded an image of a visible glow from Titan, emanating not just from the top of Titan's atmosphere, but also -- ... > full story -
Dawn Sees 'Young' Surface on Giant Asteroid Vesta
October 31, 2012 — Like a Hollywood starlet constantly retouching her makeup, the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young face. Data from NASA's Dawn mission show that a form ... > full story -
Stars Ancient and Modern?
October 31, 2012 — A colorful new view of the globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory ... > full story -
Dark Clouds, Young Stars, and a Dash of Hollywood: New Results from Space Telescope's Explorations of Stellar Birthplaces
October 31, 2012 — An astronomical project has examined the earliest stages of star formation in unprecedented depth: Using techniques more commonly encountered in Hollywood blockbuster computer graphics than in ... > full story -
Mars Like Hawaii? NASA Rover's First Soil Studies Help Fingerprint Martian Minerals
October 30, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The minerals were identified ... > full story -
Additional Kepler Data Now Available to All Planet Hunters
October 29, 2012 — Twelve additional months worth of planet-searching data meticulously collected by one of the most prolific planet-hunting endeavors ever conceived, NASA's Kepler Mission, has just been ... > full story -
SpaceX Dragon Returns from Space Station With NASA Cargo
October 28, 2012 — A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:22 p.m. CDT Sunday a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico. The splashdown successfully ... > full story -
Super-Massive Black Hole Inflates Giant Bubble
October 29, 2012 — Like symbiotic species, a galaxy and its central black hole lead intimately connected lives. The details of this relationship still pose many puzzles for ... > full story -
'Curiosity' on Mars Sits on Rocks Similar to Those Found in Marshes in Mexico
October 29, 2012 — Millions of years ago fire and water forged the gypsum rocks locked in at Cuatro Ciénegas, a Mexican valley similar to the Martian crater where NASA's Rover Curiosity roams. A team of ... > full story -
Huge Procellarum Basin on the Nearside of the Moon May Be Relic Scar from Ancient Impact
October 28, 2012 — The huge Procellarum basin on the nearside of the Moon may be a relic scar from an ancient impact event that shaped the lunar surface, reports a new ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,221
more 
