News, Research and Announcements

News, Research and Announcements for January 2006
31 January 2006 Mars Express: Claritas Fossae region Rogue star dangers thought slight Stardust placed into hibernation UCLA scientists see and analyze 650-million-year-old fossils inside rocks in three dimensions – a first, with implications for finding life on Mars 30 January 2006 Astronomers had it wrong: most stars are single Crater diary part 3: coping with cores and contamination Cosmic vision 2015-2025: the solar system Hot-spring bacteria flip a metabolic switch 29 January 2006 Sequencing the seas 26 January 2006 Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing ISS to evolve into international space port Russia's Kliper shuttle to be launched in 2015 The search for a topographic signature of life "THOR" Mars mission to seek underground water 25 January 2006 20 years after Challenger, robots grab the headlines in space exploration Closer to home Discovery of new planet similar to Earth Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land, UC Berkeley researchers report Russia plans mine on the Moon by 2020 Smallest extrasolar planet revealed by microlensing Twin rovers advance understanding of Mars 24 January 2006 2005 warmest year in over a century NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts students call for proposals Research opportunities in space and earth sciences - 2006 (proposal solicitation) Students learn about mysteries of Mars at NASA Ames Twin rovers still exploring after two years 23 January 2006 Crater diary, part 2: cracking open a 35-million-year-old vault Impacts, not water, made Mars formations, ASU geologists say 20 January 2006 Cosmic vision 2015- 2025: planets and life Dissecting Stardust Mars Rover Opportunity takes first drive in nearly two months Martian glaciers: did they originate from the atmosphere? 19 January 2006 Close-up on the Kepler mission Global warming - the blame is not with the plants New Horizons has launched Sulphate deposits in Juventae Chasma Two new dusty planetary disks may be astrophysical mirrors of our Kuiper Belt UW astronomer hits cosmic paydirt with Stardust Vatican gives nod to Darwin, not design 18 January 2006 27 unknown creatures found in California caves Mars Science Laboratory: big wheels on a red planet Stardust canister opened: "A huge success" World's largest telescope 17 January 2006 Catalina Sky Survey tops 2005 NEO discoveries 15 January 2006 NASA's comet tale draws to a successful close in Utah desert Stardust capsule: safe landing, now the science Starmates 13 January 2006 A mile under Chesapeake Bay scientists find evidence of asteroid impact Comment on "Iron isotope constraints on the Archean and Paleoproterozoic ocean redox state" The Huygens landing: one year on 12 January 2006 Huygens landing: one year later Comet dust brought back to Earth: paving the way for Rosetta NASA's comet hunter on final approach for Sunday landing Transmitting to a million worlds Worlds with multiple suns abundant 11 January 2006 NASA's Hubble reveals thousands of Orion Nebula stars NASA's Spitzer finds possible comet dust around dead star New study highlights role of hit-and-run collisions in the formation of planets, asteroids, and meteorites Planet finding instrument should allow many discoveries Upside down: space turns CPR on its head 10 January 2006 Earth's circulatory system NIAC student fellows announcement Public to look for dust grains in Stardust detectors Stardust entry path to be visible in Northwest 9 January 2006 Crater diary, part 1: exotic life beneath my feet NAI Newsletter, 4(1). 6 January 2006 10 days until Stardust returns 5 January 2006 Top ten 2005 astrobiology stories What's Up 2006 - download it free When a meteor slashed Mars 4 January 2006 Distinguished speakers will give "Astrobiology and the Sacred" public lectures Global warming can trigger extreme ocean, climate changes, Scripps-led study reveals Leading the way back to the Moon Mission to Mars via Antarctica Spicing up space meals 3 January 2006 Researchers await treasure from Stardust's epic journey 2 January 2006 Poquentica (Andean high lakes expedition) 1 January 2006 Comment on the paper “Fast tidal cycling and the origin of life” by Richard Lathe Detailed study of an hydrological system of valleys, a delta and lakes in the Southwest Thaumasia region, Mars Early tides: Response to Varga et al. Early Mars may have had a methanol ocean Synthesis of hydrogen peroxide in water ice by ion irradiation Thick and thin models of the evolution of carbon dioxide on Mars

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