News, Research and Announcements

News, Research and Announcements for August 2006
31 August 2006 Bulldoze Pluto? I don’t think so CSEPR examines movement to set aside IAU planet definition ruling NASA study solves ocean plant mystery Pluto: down but maybe not out Russia plans to launch first flight to the Moon in 2011-2012 The eternal life of stardust portrayed in new NASA image 30 August 2006 Anemic phytoplankton absorb less carbon than thought Cassiopeia A - the colourful aftermath of a violent stellar death NAI Newsletter NASA, NOAA data indicate ozone layer is recovering 29 August 2006 A one-two particle punch James van Allen's last science paper Moon, Mars, asteroids: NASA’s Griffin charts vision strategy 28 August 2006 AKARI’s view on birth and death of stars A new Mars 27 August 2006 NASA and Cleveland Clinic work to keep astronauts strong Reweaving the food web 25 August 2006 Martian misinformation NASA chief blasts science advisers, widening split with researchers Planet Earth may have "tilted" to keep its balance, say scientists Spitzer celebrates terrific threes! 24 August 2006 Honey, I shrunk the Solar System IAU 2006 General Assembly: result of the IAU resolution votes Mars as Art Pluto loses planet status Sulphur isotope evidence for an oxic Archaean atmosphere Sulfur stinks up oxygen theories Three new planets with the stroke of a pen? Great news for science teachers 23 August 2006 Alien life might arise quickly, study suggests China and Russia to launch joint mission to Mars Microscopic passengers to hitch ride on Space Shuttle 22 August 2006 Moon chemistry confirms violent origin Planetary definition showdown! As debate rages, one astronomer says "It's all about the atmosphere" The peptide-catalyzed stereospecific synthesis of tetroses: a possible model for prebiotic molecular evolution 21 August 2006 Rehydrate – your RNA needs it 18 August 2006 Ammonia-loving archaea win landslide majority Interstellar Voyager Pluto may get demoted after all Public laughs and shrugs at 12-planet proposal SMART-1 on the trail of the Moon’s beginnings Surface textures of Mars' north polar layered deposits: a framework for interpretation and future exploration 17 August 2006 Contact: what happens if a signal is found? Gas jets spawn dark "spiders" and spots on Mars icecap 16 August 2006 Every microbe in its place NAI Newsletter The IAU draft definition of "planet" and "plutons" 15 August 2006 The chemistry in circumstellar envelopes of evolved stars: following the origin of the elements to the origin of life 14 August 2006 AMASEing Mars NASA's Spitzer digs up troves of possible solar systems in Orion Zoomable images of the cosmos 13 August 2006 Waiting for martian spring 11 August 2006 NASA sets sights on the next generation of explorers The peptide-catalyzed stereospecific synthesis of tetroses: a possible model for prebiotic molecular evolution Volunteers sought for four-month Arctic Mars mission simulation 10 August 2006 Digging deep 8 August 2006 Hidden star of known planet found Hubble identifies stellar companion to distant planet 7 August 2006 Researchers use NRAO telescope to study formation of chemical precursors to life Scientists reverse evolution, reconstruct ancient gene The chemistry in circumstellar envelopes of evolved stars: following the origin of the elements to the origin of life Universe might be bigger and older than expected 6 August 2006 After 10 years, few believe life on Mars Cosmic rain 4 August 2006 Griffin asks for patience in pursuit of deep space goals Seeing ourselves in comets Shut-ins wanted: Russia seeks volunteers for simulated Mars mission Twin planemos discovered 2 August 2006 Huygens scientific archive data set released NAI Newsletter 1 August 2006 Astrobiology, Volume 6, Number 4 Dominant microbial populations in limestone-corroding stream biofilms, Frasassi cave system, Italy

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