[Thursday, November 1, 2007] Astronomers will announce new findings about a planetary system similar to our own at a media teleconference Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. EST. Funding for the study was provided by NASA and the National Science Foundation.

[Thursday, November 1, 2007] The radar system on Mars Express orbiter has uncovered new details about some of the most mysterious deposits on Mars: the Medusae Fossae Formation.

[Tuesday, November 6, 2007] Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system. The star now holds the record for number of confirmed extrasolar planets orbiting in a planetary system.

[Thursday, November 8, 2007] An international team of scientists has published a new analysis showing that as plant species around the world go extinct, natural habitats become less productive and contain fewer total plants.

[Thursday, November 8, 2007] "We are very happy to announce that MARDI and ChemCam's cost issues have been solved and both instruments are going forward to launch on MSL."

[Monday, November 12, 2007] A population study of microbes in Yellowstone National Park hot pools suggests viruses might be buoyed by steam to distant pools. The result could help to answer some fundamental questions about how microbes, and the viruses that infect them

[Monday, November 12, 2007] "The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child."

[Sunday, November 18, 2007] I had a chance to visit ILC Dover last week to see the new inflatable habitat that they have developed. Together, NASA, ILC Dover, and NSF will put this habitat through a one-year test at McMurdo Station in Antarctica starting in January 2008.

[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] New research led by a University of St Andrews astronomer has found evidence for what might be the raw material for the beginning of shrunken versions of our solar system - miniature worlds in the making.

[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that moons like Earth's - that formed out of tremendous collisions - are uncommon in the universe, arising at most in only 5 to 10 percent of planetary systems.

[Wednesday, November 21, 2007] Planets such as Earth and Mars may have remained molten in their early histories for tens of millions of years. Findings indicate that the two planets cooled slower than scientists thought and a mechanism to keep the planet interiors warm is required.

[Friday, November 23, 2007] NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is releasing a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH07ZTT001N, entitled, "Research Opportunities for Space flight Experiments Bion-M1 Project."

[Tuesday, November 27, 2007] Join the Challenger Center for Space Science Education for the NASA K-12 Engineering Design Challenge and design a plant growth chamber for use by future astronauts living and working on the Moon by November 30th.

[Tuesday, November 27, 2007] Mars is often suggested as a good location to search for alien life. Despite many missions to the red planet, it's still a mystery whether life existed there in the distant past or if it is thriving there today.

[Tuesday, November 27, 2007] There could be life on Jupiter's moon, Europa. The qualities thought necessary for life to arise are liquid water, an energy source, and certain biogenic elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, and Europa likely has all of these in abundance.

[Wednesday, November 28, 2007] Through the obscuring haze come glimpses of Titan's dune seas. The dark, equatorial region known as Shangri-la is visible. Radar images show that Shangri-la and other dark regions around the moon's middle are filled with vast stretches of parallel dunes

[Thursday, November 29, 2007] Saturn's moon Titan is the second largest in the solar system -- and the only one with a dense atmosphere. The atmosphere, nitrogen and methane, resembles that of the early... Click here for more information.

[Thursday, November 29, 2007] Astronomers suspect this system's central sun-like star, which is just one million years old, may already be surrounded by young planets. Scientists hope the finding will provide insight into when planets began to form in our own solar system.

[Thursday, November 29, 2007] More than 260 planets have already been discovered orbiting other stars, and new ones are found almost every month.  Having trouble keeping track? Help is on the way.