NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 16th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on March 2 and 3, 2004, at the Radisson Hotel located near Los […]
Gravitational Lens Reveals Heart of a Distant Galaxy
Cambridge, MA– Many examples are known where a galaxy acts as a gravitational lens, producing multiple images on the sky of a more distant object like a bright quasar hidden […]
New Mars Data for Maestro: Opportunity #1
The first package of Mars data from the rover Opportunity is now available for download. This package includes data acquired between Jan. 24 and Jan. 29, 2004, including the first […]
GSDI Conference Concludes
The 7th International Conference of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) concluded in Bangalore yesterday (February 6, 2004). The Conference, which was inaugurated by Dr K Kasturirangan, Member of Parliament, […]
Student Programs Tap into Mars Rover Adventures
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers are not only providing scientists a flood of information about Mars — including new insights today about winds — they are also adding excitement to classrooms […]
Los Alamos Leading Fast-paced Reactor Research to Power Planned Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moons
A planned U.S. mission to investigate three ice-covered moons of Jupiter will demand fast-paced research, fabrication and realistic non-nuclear testing of a prototype nuclear reactor within two years, says a […]
NASA Predicts More Tropical Rain in a Warmer World
As the tropical oceans continue to heat up, following a 20-year trend, warm rains in the tropics are likely to become more frequent, according to NASA scientists. In a study […]
Cities Built on Fertile Lands Affect Climate
While cities provide vital habitat for human beings to thrive, it appears U.S. cities have been built on the most fertile soils, lessening contributions of these lands to Earth’s food […]
Berkeley Scientist to Explain Mysteries of Outer Solar System
Exploring the mysterious outskirts of our solar system will be the subject of a free public lecture at Foothill College on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. PST. The talk […]
STScI Hosts Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) Workshop for Science Writers on March 9, 2004
Several hundred orbits of NASA Hubble Space Telescope time have been allocated to making the deepest-ever view of the universe, equivalent to a one-million-second-long photographic exposure. This historic image takes […]