Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
31 to 40 of 1,923 stories
view headlines only
-
Leaping Lunar Dust: Electrically Charged Dust Near Shadowed Craters Can Get Lofted Above Moon's Surface
March 18, 2013 — Electrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according to ... > full story -
Distant Planetary System Is a Super-Sized Solar System
March 14, 2013 — Astronomers have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet beyond our Solar System. A spectrum reveals that the carbon to oxygen ratio is consistent with the ... > full story -
Particles and Fields Package Integrated on Upcoming Mars-Bound Spacecraft
March 14, 2013 — The six science instruments that comprise the Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... > full story -
Astronomers Conduct First Remote Reconnaissance of Another Planetary System
March 11, 2013 — Researchers have conducted a remote reconnaissance of a distant planetary system with a new telescope imaging system that sifts through the blinding light of stars. Using a suite of high-tech ... > full storyMore: -
Closest Star System Found in a Century
March 11, 2013 — A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun and the closest discovered since 1916. At 6.5 light years, it is so close that Earth's television transmissions from 2006 ... > full story -
Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March
March 8, 2013 — Comets visible to the naked eye are a rare delicacy in the celestial smorgasbord of objects in the nighttime sky. Scientists estimate that the opportunity to see one of these icy dirtballs ... > full story -
Hubble Finds 'Birth Certificate' of Oldest Known Star
March 7, 2013 — Astronomers have taken an important step closer to finding the birth certificate of a star that's been around for a very long time. The star could be as old as 14.5 billion years (plus or minus 0.8 ... > full story -
Bright Comet in the Evening Sky
March 7, 2013 — Skywatchers in the northern hemisphere should enjoy a rare treat in the next few weeks, as Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS enters the evening sky. Although the brightness of comets is notoriously difficult ... > full story -
Modeling Jupiter and Saturn's Possible Origins
March 5, 2013 — New theoretical modeling provides clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system -- Jupiter and Saturn -- might have formed and ... > full story -
Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit
March 4, 2013 — A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,427
more 
