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»» Rich ore deposits linked to ancient atmosphere
[Thursday, November 19, 2009] Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's.
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»» Help Chose The Best Aerospace Innovation Challenge Public Service Announcement About NASA
[Monday, November 16, 2009] Please look at all six videos and then chose the one that best conveys its message. Your vote (and comments) will help judges select the best video for this course at Santa Clara University.
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»» Avatar: A New World That NASA Is Ignoring
[Monday, November 16, 2009] Unparalleled simulations of an extrasolar planet with a whole new ecology - but it would seem that NASA is not really interested in this film.
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»» Discovery of a Retrograde or Highly Tilted Exoplanet
[Friday, November 13, 2009] Two teams of astronomers have found that extrasolar planet HAT-P-7b, discovered in 2008, has a retrograde or highly tilted orbit.
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»» NASA's LCROSS Impacts Confirm Water in Lunar Crater
[Friday, November 13, 2009] Preliminary data from NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon.
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»» Exoplanets Provide A Clue Sun-like Star Chemistry
[Wednesday, November 11, 2009] A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems.
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»» Government-sponsored SETI -- In The 1920's
[Sunday, November 8, 2009] "Here's a 1924 telegram from then Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, Edward W. Eberle, instructing all Naval stations to monitor the airwaves for any unusual transmissions due to anticipated contact from Martians."
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»» NASA Reproduces a Building Block of Life in Laboratory
[Friday, November 6, 2009] NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.
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»» NASA Kepler Mission Manager Update November 5, 2009
[Friday, November 6, 2009] While the Kepler spacecraft continues in its orbit, and collecting science data, the Kepler team at the Ames Research Center continues its work on the science data processing pipeline software.
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