Saturn's Flickering Lights Caught on Video
Updated: 2009-11-28 22:28:16
As on Earth, electrical fields above Saturn interact with atmospheric chemicals to produce shimmering lights above the polar regions.
Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed
Updated: 2009-11-28 22:28:16An oddball cluster of stars was around when our galaxy was just forming.Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Space Station
Updated: 2009-11-28 22:28:16The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days.Powerful Laser Simulates Stellar Jet
Updated: 2009-11-28 22:28:16A multi-trillion-watt laser has simulated how a stellar jet from a young star collides with interstellar gas.Solar Tsunamis Are Real, NASA Says
Updated: 2009-11-28 22:28:16
Images, movies from STEREO spacecraft confirm reality of solar tsunamis.News: LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission: "Yes, We Found Water!"
Updated: 2009-11-13 05:00:00
LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission: "Yes, We Found Water!" (from Planetary News)In The News: LightSail in the News
Updated: 2009-11-13 05:00:00
On the Planetary Society web site: LightSail in the NewsPress Release: Planetary Society Awards Thomas O. Paine Award to Steve Squyres and Mars Exploration Rover Team
Updated: 2009-11-10 05:00:00
On the Planetary Society web site: Planetary Society Awards Thomas O. Paine Award to Steve Squyres and Mars Exploration Rover TeamNews: MESSENGER Rewrites Mercury Textbooks Even Before Entering Orbit
Updated: 2009-11-05 05:00:00
MESSENGER Rewrites Mercury Textbooks Even Before Entering Orbit (from Planetary News)99 percent pure water ice found on Mars
Updated: 2009-10-28 17:28:21Washington, September 25 (ANI): NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed sub-surface waTackling Clouds for Improved Predictions of Future Climate
Updated: 2009-10-15 19:41:17Today, JPL Earth scientist Hui Su joins thousands of other bloggers in more than 130 countries around the world for the Blog Action Day ‘09 Climate Change. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day, with the aim of sparking discussion [...]News: MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science
Updated: 2009-09-30 05:00:00
MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science (from Planetary News)Comets and Life On Earth
Updated: 2009-08-18 00:18:00Donald Yeomans With the recent discovery of the amino acid glycine in the comet dust samples returned to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft, it is becoming a bit more clear how life may have originated on Earth. Water is a well-known ingredient in both comets and living organisms, and now it appears that amino acids [...]