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Breakdown Imperils NASA's Hunt for Other Earths

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Dennis Overbye - May. 16 (News Report) - Malfunction Imperils NASA Mission to Find Other Earths

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'Most Earth-like' worlds detected

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Apr. 19 (News Report) - Scientists say Nasa's Kepler space telescope has found distant planets that may be the most Earth-like it has yet discovered.

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Applicants wanted: One way ticket to Mars

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Apr. 17 (Comment) - Would you apply for a one-way ticket to the Red Planet

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In Asteroid’s Aftermath, a Sigh of Relief

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By HENRY FOUNTAIN - Mar. 26 (News) - Scientists say luck played a role in sparing Chelyabinsk, Russia, from devastation as a space rock exploded.

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Voyager craft exits the Solar System

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Mar. 20 (News Report) - The Voyager-1 spacecraft - sent initially to study the outer planets - has left the Solar System, the first man-made object to do so.

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Mars Could Have Supported Life Long Ago, NASA Says

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Kenneth Chang - Mar. 13 (News Report) - Findings from NASA’s Mars rover show that the planet may well have been a pleasant place for tiny microbes, with plenty of water and minerals.

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Asteroid Apocalypse

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Daily Beast - By Michio Kaku - Feb. 26 (Special Report) - Russia’s meteor was a fleabite. In Newsweek, Michio Kaku on the one in 2036 that could destroy our planet.

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Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Record-Breaking Flyby

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Discovery News - By Mike Wall - Feb. 18 (News) - "Today's events, both with 2012 DA14 and the Russian meteorite, are a reminder that our solar system is a crowded place."

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In Russia, Ruins and Property Spared by Meteor, Side by Side

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Andrew E. Kramer - Feb. 18 (News Report) - A meteor strike is providing a first indication of the type of structural and infrastructural costs such events can exact from a highly industrialized society.

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Beware of Errant Asteroids

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By DONALD K. YEOMANS - Feb. 10 (Opinion) - Nature is firing a shot across our bow to direct our attention to the asteroids that make up the near-Earth object population. We should take the warning seriously.

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Editorial: Galileo, the Starry Messenger

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Jan. 19 (Editorial) - Galileo’s achievement was the end of geocentrism, but ignorance and magical thinking continue to this day.

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Sky Show: Jupiter and Moon in Super Close Pairing

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

National Geographic - By Andrew Fazekas - Jan. 19 (News) - National GeographicSky Show: Jupiter and Moon in Super Close PairingNational GeographicTwo of the brightest objects in the night sky head towards a close encounter on Monday night. The sky show begins after local nightfall on the 21st when the waxing gibbous moon snuggles up to brilliant white Jupiter in the southeast. This closeness is of ...Planetary Inauguration ConjunctionIndian Country Today Media Network.comSee Jupiter and Moon Shine Dazzlingly Close Together MondaySpace.comJupiter and the moon convene MondayWashington Post (blog)BBC News -EarthSky (blog)all 26 news articles »

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Rover's big lab up and running

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Dec. 04 (News Report) - Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover completes its first big soil analysis but there is no definitive detection of organics - the carbon-rich molecules that can be the "feedstock" for life.

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Mars Rover Detects Simple Organic Compounds

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

National Geographic - By Marc Kaufman - Dec. 03 (Special Report) - Speaking at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco, Curiosity mission leaders also said that the compound perchlorate—identified previously in polar Mars—appeared to also be present in Gale Crater, the site of Curiosity's explorat

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NASA Announces Discovery Of Ice At Planet's Poles

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Andres Jauregui - Nov. 30 (News Report) - NASA announced Thursday that its Messenger probe has discovered new evidence of water ice on Mercury. In the announcement, Sean Solomon, principal investigator for the Mercury Messenger program, said the probe had uncovered new evidence that deposits in permanently shadowed regions of Mercury's poles is water ice. The ice is found predominantly in impact craters,

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Undisclosed Finding by Mars Rover Fuels Intrigue

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By KENNETH CHANG - Nov. 28 (News) - A hint of exciting data soon to be announced has set off a flurry of speculation, testament to the enduring fascination that Mars exerts.

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India launches 101st space mission, and looks to Mars

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar - Sep. 29 (News Report) - The mission will be carried out without international help, highlighting the growth and ambition of India's home-grown space program, which plans to launch a mission to Mars. ...

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NASA’s Curiosity rover takes sharp self-portraits

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Daily News - By Christine Roberts - Sep. 11 (News) - NASA's Curiosity rover is getting up close and personal - with itself. The 1-ton robot's most recent photos include a series of high-resolution self-portraits that provide a startlingly sharp glimpse at the rover's massive wheels and underbelly. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nasa-curiosity-rover-takes-sharp-self-portraits-article-1.1156277#ixzz26Aasflrx

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India makes history with 100th space mission

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Sep. 09 (News Report) - India's national space organisation has marked its 100th space mission by successfully launching two new satellites.

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John Glenn on Armstrong: 'We lost a good one today' –

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Carolyn Washburn - Aug. 26 (News) - John Glenn spoke in wonderment of Neil Armstrong's historic moment - "the first time anybody set foot on someplace other than earth."

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Martians, flying saucers discovered on Mars, report extremely unreliable sources (+video)

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Natalie Wolchover - Aug. 25 (News Analysis) - Online news outlets that should not under any circumstances be trusted report that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has captured images of advanced life on the Red Planet. ...

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Curiosity Mars-Rover Landing: "Everything Worked Perfectly"

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

National Geographic - By Richard A. Lovett - Aug. 16 (News) - "Seven minutes of terror" gave way to clockwork performance, NASA exultation, and the Curiosity rover's first photos of Mars.

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Mars Rover Landing a Success—What Happens Now?

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

National Geographic - By Marc Kaufman - Aug. 07 (Special Report) - The Curiosity rover's "seven minutes of terror" are over. Find out what happens in the eighth minute—and the hours and days to come.

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Sally Ride | 1951-2012: Sally Ride, Trailblazing Astronaut, Dies at 61

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Denise Grady - Jul. 23 (News) - Denise Grady / New York Times: Sally Ride | 1951-2012: Sally Ride, Trailblazing Astronaut, Dies at 61 — Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday at her home in San Diego. She was 61. — The cause was pancreatic cancer, her company, Sally Ride Science, announced on its Web site.

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SpaceX: Space Station crew likes what it sees in new transport vehicle

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Pete Spotts - May. 27 (News Report) - The crew of the International Space Station got its first look at the inside of its newest visitor – SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship – Saturday morning. For the next several years it'll be carrying cargo and astronauts to the space station.

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