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The Magical Mystery TourMoffett Field CA (SPX) May 04, 2010 Six years ago, the Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn and taking detailed images of its ring and many moons. While the Cassini-Huygens mission has helped answer questions about this planetary system, it also has revealed new mysteries for scientists to puzzle over. One of the most important unknowns is the tiny moon Enceladus, which Cassini discovered has a plume of ice particles emanating from its south pole. If the plume is due to a reservoir of liquid water hidden beneath the moon's ... read more |
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NASA Announces Winners Of 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 15, 2010NASA has announced the victors in the 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race: The team representing the International Space Education Institute of Leipzig, Germany, won the high school division; and racers from the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao took first place in the college division. The teams bested more than 70 teams from 18 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, India and Romania. Mor ... more China To Launch Second Lunar Probe This Year
Beijing (XNA) Apr 14, 2010China will push ahead with its lunar exploration program despite the United States' decision to suspend its return to the moon, a senior space exploration scientist has said. "China should not slow down its pace of lunar exploration even if other countries change their plans," said Ye Peijian, chief designer of the nation's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1. The country plans to launch it ... more A Summer Sky Of Methane And Carbon Monoxide Lights Up Triton
Paris, France (ESO) Apr 14, 2010According to the first ever infrared analysis of the atmosphere of Neptune's moon Triton, summer is in full swing in its southern hemisphere. The European observing team used ESO's Very Large Telescope and discovered carbon monoxide and made the first ground-based detection of methane in Triton's thin atmosphere. These observations revealed that the thin atmosphere varies seasonally, thick ... more |
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Sandcastles On The MoonSydney, Australiw (SPX) Apr 12, 2010 Robots are coming to a Moon near you very soon. Aside from a new fleet of orbiters, some will be landing within three years. There will be rovers deployed on the Moon, and sample return missions. This new wave of missions is brought to you by the governments of the USA, China, India and a collection of private ventures. With so much attention focused on revisiting the Moon, it's time to re-explore a basic task that's never really been practiced before. Can we work effectively with the lunar regoli ... read more |
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