Introduction: The Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Division of the Geological Society of America jointly sponsor the “Planetary Sciences Best Student Paper Award”. The award is for undergraduate and graduate […]
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Pulsating ‘space hairs’ could help small satellites dock with their mother ship
Beds of thousands of tiny pulsating artificial “hairs” can provide a precise method for steering small satellites to docking stations on larger vessels, according to a study led by researchers […]
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Boeing Satellite Systems Authorized to Procure Launch Services for U.S. Navy’s UFO F-11 Satellite
Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Co. , has received a contract modification authorizing the procurement of launch services for UFO F-11. The satellite currently under construction […]
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British National Space Science Centre to be the UK Information
The UK’s first government backed Information Centre on Near Earth Objects is to be sited at the National Space Science Centre in Leicester, Science Minister Lord Sainsbury announced today. The […]
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The Comet and Asteroid Information Network (CAIN)
Since the mid 1990s the issue of asteroid or comet impacts has become one of the hottest science topics in the public domain. However, over the past few years the […]
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The Risk Of Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse
There has been much speculation that global warming may cause sea levels to rise due to the melting of ice sheets. For the first time scientists have worked out the […]
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Interview with Dr. Joy Crisp, Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Dr. Joy Crisp of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory devotes her time working to unearth answers about Mars’ geology. Tucked away in her prefab trailer office in the middle of the […]
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NASA Sensor Captures Plight of Periled Antarctic Penguins
A NASA remote sensing instrument is capturing an unfolding ecological disaster affecting hundreds of thousands of penguins at Earth’s southern tip. Images from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer, a remote sensor […]
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2001: A Year of Challenge and Accomplishment for NASA
As NASA’s space odyssey for 2001 comes to an end, the Agency faces a year of transition and new challenges as it prepares to continue its mission of discovery into […]
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The Heat is On: Asteroid Belt Found around Nearby Star
When unusually warm dust was first discovered (1991) around a nearby star, called zeta Leporis, infrared astronomers begun hunting in detail for the heat source. According to the latest research […]
