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Frozen Lake Found On Mars, May Have Preserved Primitive Life: Scientists
Paris (AFP) Mar 16, 2005Claims that life, or the potential for it, exists on Mars were boosted last Wednesday when scientists declared they saw the remains of a frozen sea on the planet's surface and speculated the ice may hold preserved organisms. Carnegie Mellon's Robot-Based System Detects Life In Chile's Atacama Desert 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 16, 2005A unique rover-based life detection system developed by Carnegie Mellon University scientists has found signs of life in Chile's Atacama Desert, according to results being presented at the 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 14-18 in Houston. Tests Planned for Rover Instrument 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2005NASA has suspended use of one of the mineral-identifying tools on the Opportunity Mars rover while experts troubleshoot a problem with getting data from the instrument, the robot's miniature thermal emission spectrometer. |
Cassini Finds An Atmosphere On Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2005Cassini's two close flybys of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus have revealed that the moon has a significant atmosphere. Scientists, using Cassini's magnetometer for their studies, say the source may be volcanism, geysers, or gases escaping from the surface or the interior. Return To Flight Milestone Provides For Station Resupply, Science 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2005The module that will deliver food, clothing, spare parts and research equipment to the International Space Station is being prepared for the Space Shuttle Return to Flight mission. Spring Begins With Equinox On March 20 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Mar 16, 2005The long, cold, snow-laden winter of 2004-05 officially comes to its much-anticipated end at 7:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, March 20th (12:33 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time that same day). |
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IPOS Standard Approved In Europe
Germantown MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2005Internet Protocol over Satellite or IpoS, the most widely deployed satellite broadband standard, has now become the first global standard for the industry. The announcement was made by Hughes Network Systems following the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ratification of the IpoS air interface standard in February. World's Largest Computing Grid Surpasses One Hundred Sites 
Geneva (SPX) Mar 16, 2005The Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (LCG) project has announced that the computing Grid it is operating now includes more than 100 sites in 31 countries. Newly Patented System Fights Corrosion 
Richland WA (SPX) Mar 16, 2005Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory made a key advance in developing a fully automated system that fights corrosion and wear and tear in even the hardest-to-reach places. |
Answer From 'Dusty Shelf' Aids Quest To See Post-Big Bang Matter
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 16, 2005Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang, that started the universe, have run into a mysterious problem � some of the reactions they are getting don't mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see. A Tale Of Two Populations 
Paranal, Chile (SPX) Mar 16, 2005On the basis of stellar spectra totalling more than 200 hours of effective exposure time with the 8.2-m VLT Kueyen telescope at Paranal (Chile), a team of astronomers has made a surprising discovery about the stars in the giant southern globular cluster Omega Centauri. Highlighting Warming Concerns, Picture Shows African Peak Without Snow Cap 
London (AFP) Mar 15, 2005Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, has been photographed stripped of its millenia-old snow and glacier peak for the first time, in a move used by environmentalists to show the perils of global warming. |
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