Cassini Spacecraft to Dive Into Water Plume of Saturn Moon

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Cassini space probe mosaic image shows Saturns moon Enceladus in 2006.
Cassini space probe mosaic image shows Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2006.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make an unprecedented "in your face" flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wed., March 12.


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NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder

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New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.

Eccentric pulsar system challenges theories of binary formation

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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and ...

Astronomers use new model of dust in galaxies to remeasure the total energy output of stars in the universe

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Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. ...

Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade'

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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ...

Microsoft in deal on European environment data

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is collaborating with the European Environmental Agency to make information about local air and water pollution levels freely available to consumers through Microsoft Web portals.