Physics and Astronomy News Archive: June 2008

Image: New Hubble Images Show Turbulent Jupiter

New Hubble Images Show Turbulent Jupiter

Source: Berkeley   Posted: 6/2/08

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.
Image: CSI: Milky Way Team Works Scene Of Dead Star

CSI: Milky Way Team Works Scene Of Dead Star

Source: UChicago   Posted: 6/2/08

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.
Image: Small Planet, Small Star

Small Planet, Small Star

Source: NSF   Posted: 6/2/08

Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet only three times more massive than our own, the smallest yet observed orbiting a normal star.
Image: NASA's Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil

NASA's Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil

Source: NASA/JPL   Posted: 6/2/08

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.