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Home Plate Brings Mars Exploration To Every Desktop
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2006The Mars Rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory continues to pore over close-up images sent back by Spirit from a tabletop-like geologic feature called Home Plate in Gusev Crater. Roving The Red Planet 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2006NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been working overtime to help scientists better understand ancient environmental conditions on the red planet. The rovers are also generating excitement about the exploration of Mars outlined in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. Spitzer Finds Colliding Galaxies Smothered In 'Crushed Glass' 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2006NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a rare population of colliding galaxies with their entangled hearts wrapped in clouds of tiny crystals resembling crushed glass. |
Astronomers Discover 'RRATS' In The Cosmos
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 15, 2006An international team of astronomers said they have discovered a new type of cosmic object - small, compressed neutron stars that exhibit no activity most of the time, but once in a while they emit a single, short burst of radio waves. Galactic Center Found To Glow Unevenly 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2006An international team of more than 100 astrophysicists said they have detected very-high-energy gamma rays emanating from the huge gas clouds known to pervade the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Rogue Pulsar Speeding Out Of The Galaxy 
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Astronomers have precisely calculated the speed of the Milky Way's fastest observed pulsar: It is heading out of the galaxy at more than 670 miles a second, propelled by an explosive kick it received at birth some 2.5 million years ago. |
Intelsat IA-8 Satellite Serves Brazilian Broadcasters And Telcom Industry
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Intelsat has announced it has been granted rights by The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency to operate its powerful, new Intelsat Americas-8 satellite in the Brazilian market. NASA Satellite Technology Helps Fight Invasive Plant Species 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Products based on NASA Earth observations and a new Internet-based decision tool are providing information to help land and water managers combat tamarisk (saltcedar), an invasive plant species damaging precious water supplies in the western United States. NASA, UNH Scientists Uncover Lost Maya Ruins � From Space 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Remains of the ancient Maya culture, mysteriously destroyed at the height of its reign in the ninth century, have been hidden in the rainforests of Central America for more than 1,000 years. |
The SIXS Instrument By Finnish Astronomers Goes To Mercury
Helsinki, Finland (ESA) Feb 16, 2006The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching a mission to Mercury, in which there is significant Finnish involvement. Titan Reveals New Complexities 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2006This new view of Titan reveals structure in the moon's complex atmosphere. The geometry of the Cassini spacecraft's view of Titan during this flyby was similar to that of Voyager 1's pass in 1980. VLT Unveils Metal-Rich Distant Galaxy 
Garching, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Astronomers have found a metal-rich hydrogen cloud in the distant universe that they said could help solve the problem of missing metal in the cosmos and provide new insights into how galaxies form. |
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