NASA's Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 6/2/2008 One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm. Full story...
Small Planet, Small Star
Source: NSF Posted: 6/2/2008 Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet only three times more massive than our own, the smallest yet observed orbiting a normal star.
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CSI: Milky Way Team Works Scene Of Dead Star
Source: UChicago Posted: 6/2/2008 Like a team of forensic detectives in a television show that could be called 'CSI: Milky Way,' scientists are piecing together how a mysterious infrared ring got left around a dead star that displays a magnetic field trillions of times more intense than Earth's. Full story...
New Hubble Images Show Turbulent Jupiter
Source: Berkeley Posted: 6/2/2008 Increased turbulence and storms first observed on Jupiter more than two years ago are still raging, according to new high-resolution pictures of the planet. Full story...
The Moon and the Magnetotail
Source: NASA Posted: 4/21/2008 NASA-supported scientists have realized that something happens every month when the moon gets a lashing from Earth’s magnetic tail. Full story...
Bye, Bye Ulysses
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 2/27/2008 The joint NASA and European Space Agency Ulysses mission to study the sun and its influence on surrounding space is likely to cease operations in the next few months. Full story...