NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing

The landing site chosen for NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander is much farther north than the sites where previous spacecraft have landed on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


Odyssey

Oct 10, 2008
Artist concept of Odyssey. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Venus Express searching for life – on Earth

Oct 10, 2008
This image composite shows the signatures of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), ozone (O3) and nitrous oxide (N2O), minor species of the Earth’s atmosphere but powerful greenhouse gases, detected by the Visual and Infrared ...

Lava pours out of Montserrat

Oct 09, 2008
Lava pours out of Montserrat during an eruption. Researchers have used observations to create a new model that better explains what happens beneath the volcano's surface. Image: University of Arkansas

Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon

Oct 09, 2008
An artist's concept of a spinning liquid mirror telescope on the Moon. Credit: Univ. of British Columbia.

Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planets

Oct 02, 2008
Photo courtesy R. Demets/F. Brandstatter - Spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan after the experiment. Samples, including Orkney sample, are screwed onto the outside.