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  • NASA To Discuss Conditions On And Surrounding The Sun

    09.18.08 - NASA will hold a media teleconference Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m. EDT, to discuss data from the joint NASA and European Space Agency Ulysses mission that reveals the sun's solar wind is at a 50-year low.

  • NASA Selects Mission to Study Mars Atmosphere

    09.15.08 - NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before.

  • "Naked-Eye" Gamma-Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely At Earth

    09.10.08 - Data from satellites and observatories around the globe show a jet from a powerful stellar explosion witnessed March 19 was aimed almost directly at Earth.

  • NASA To Announce Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Findings

    09.04.08 - NASA will hold a media teleconference Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss new results regarding the gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B, which was visible to the naked eye.

  • NASA's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds

    09.03.08 - NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.

  • NASA To Announce New Carl Sagan Fellowships

    08.29.08 - NASA will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, Cullman Hall of the Universe, American Museum of Natural History in New York, to announce its new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration.

  • NASA to Announce New Name For GLAST, First Light Findings

    08.19.08 - NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, August 26, at 2 p.m. EDT, to announce the first results from NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope and the observatory's new name.

  • Hubble Unveils Colorful Star Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit

    08.11.08 - In commemoration of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completing its 100,000th orbit during its 18th year of exploration and discovery, scientists aimed Hubble to take a snapshot of a dazzling region of celestial birth and renewal.

  • NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data

    08.04.08 - Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy

  • NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended

    07.31.08 - Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.