August 2010 Top Stories
»» NASA Reveals Key to Unlock Mysterious Red Glow in Space
[Monday, August 2, 2010] NASA scientists created a unique collection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) spectra to interpret mysterious emission from space.
»» NASA Kepler Science Status: Statement to Ames Center Director
[Tuesday, August 3, 2010] The following NASA statement was sent to Dr. S. Pete Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center from the Kepler Science Council on Aug. 2, 2010.
»» AbGradCon 2010 a Success
[Monday, August 9, 2010] The 2010 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference was held from June 14-18 in Taellberg, Sweden. Eighty-eight participants from 29 different countries attended the meeting, which brought together early-career scientists in the field of astrobiology.
»» NASA Scientists to Share Ideas at SETIcon Gathering
[Thursday, August 12, 2010] NASA scientists will join space experts, celebrities and science fiction writers to discuss science, entertainment and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif., at the SETIcon, Aug. 13-15, 2010.
»» Looking for the Coolest Forms of Life on Earth
[Saturday, August 14, 2010] Two UK scientists are travelling to one of the coldest places on Earth to help them understand how life could exist on other planets in our Solar System.
»» Geologists revisit the Great Oxygenation Event
[Thursday, August 19, 2010] Four billion years ago the earth's atmosphere was a deadly mixture of gases spewed forth by volcanoes, such as nitrogen and its oxides, carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide.
»» Astronaut Muscles Waste in Space
[Friday, August 20, 2010] Astronaut muscles waste away on long space flights reducing their capacity for physical work by more than 40%, according to research published online in the Journal of Physiology.
»» Ancient microbes responsible for breathing life into ocean 'deserts'
[Monday, August 23, 2010] Billions of years ago, ancient oceanic microbes catalyzed the transformation from an oxygen-poor atmosphere to an oxygen-rich one, paving the way for complex life to develop.
»» Pulverized Planet Dust May Lie Around Double Stars
[Monday, August 23, 2010] Tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
»» NASA To Announce Latest Findings By Kepler Spacecraft
[Monday, August 23, 2010] NASA will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Aug. 26, at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss the Kepler spacecraft's latest discovery about an intriguing planetary system.
»» Richest Planetary System Discovered - Up to 7 Planets Orbiting a Sun-like Star
[Tuesday, August 24, 2010] Astronomers using ESO's world-leading HARPS instrument have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180.
