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Cassini To Snap Miss PhoebeMoffet Field CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2004 
On June 11, after an interplanetary journey of nearly 7 years, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will begin the most extensive exploration ever conducted of the planet Saturn and its system of rings and moons. The first moon Cassini will encounter is Phoebe, the outermost of the planet's 30 known satellites. |
 
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Cassini On Cusp Of Historic Saturn Tour
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 10, 2004The most complex interplanetary mission ever launched is about to meet one of the solar system's enigmatic moons. Cassini will fly by Saturn's largest outer moon, Phoebe, on Friday, June 11. The closest approach is at approximately 1:56 p.m. Pacific Time, just 19 days before Saturn arrival. Evidence Of "Flooding" At Mangala Valles Imaged By Mars Express 
Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2004This images of fluvial surface features at Mangala Valles on Mars were obtained by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the ESA Mars Express spacecraft. |
Gemini Mirror Is First With Silver Lining
La Serena Chile (SPX) Jun 10, 2004To investors looking for the next sure thing, the silver coating on the Gemini South 8-meter telescope mirror might seem like an insider's secret tip-off to invest in this valuable metal for a huge profit. ESA Signs Agreement For James Webb Space Telescope Payload 
Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2004An agreement between ESA and seven Member States to jointly build a major part of the MIRI instrument, which will considerably extend the capability of the James Webb Space Telescope, was signed this week. This agreement also marks a new kind of partnership between ESA and its Member States for the funding and implementation of payload for scientific space missions. |
The Geology Of Mars Mid-'04
Sacramento (SPX) Jun 08, 2004But while the ability of Spirit to locate water-deposited and -modified material on Mars' surface is still in doubt, its twin Opportunity has rather stolen its thunder by finding solid proof of such material almost as soon as it landed on the strange, flat, hematite-covered Meridiani Plain. Click For Print Friendly Version |
Astronomers Detect Molecular Nitrogen Outside Solar System
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 10, 2004NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite, has for the first time detected molecular nitrogen in interstellar space, giving researchers their first detailed look into how the universe's fifth most-abundant element behaves in an environment outside the Solar System. |
Landmarks Smaller Than A Pinhead
Newcastle UK (SPX) Jun 10, 2004Scientists & engineers based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne specialising in miniaturisation technology have recreated North East England's Tyne Bridge and the Angel of the North sculpture so they are smaller than a pinhead and invisible to the naked eye. Nanotechnology Pioneer Slays 'Grey Goo' Myths 
Brooklyn NY (SPX) Jun 10, 2004Eric Drexler, known as the father of nanotechnology, published Wednesday a paper that admits that self-replicating machines are not vital for large-scale molecular manufacture, and that nanotechnology-based fabrication can be thoroughly non-biological and inherently safe. |
SDL Project Launches To Help Observe The Earth'S Ozone
Logan UT (SPX) Jun 10, 2004A critical piece of hardware built by the Space Dynamics Laboratory for the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument is launching into space on June 19 aboard NASA's Aura satellite to help scientists study the ozone. Los Alamos Simulates Circuit Failures From Cosmic Rays 
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jun 10, 2004Life today runs more and more on circuits. Electrons racing through increasingly tiny transistors now control our airplanes, deposit money in our checking accounts and keep our houses warm. |
Oldest Antarctic Ice Core Reveals Climate History
Cambridge UK (SPX) Jun 10, 2004Secrets of the Earth's past climate locked in a three-kilometre long Antarctic ice core are revealed this week in the journal Nature. The core from Dome C, high on East Antarctica's plateau, contains snowfall from the last 740,000 years and is by far the oldest continuous climate record obtained from ice cores so far. |
NASA Data Shows Deforestation Affects Climate In The Amazon
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 10, 2004NASA satellite data are giving scientists insight into how large-scale deforestation in the Amazon Basin in South America is affecting regional climate. Researchers found during the Amazon dry season last August, there was a distinct pattern of higher rainfall and warmer temperatures over deforested regions. |
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