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 | The rocket's first test launch is scheduled for April 2009.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 31, 2008 |
 | For the paper trail of life on Mars or other planets, look for cellulose.
Provided by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Published: March 31, 2008 |
 | Cassini finds water vapor and natural chemicals at Saturn's geyser moon.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 27, 2008 |
 | The shuttle landed Wednesday afternoon at Kennedy Space Center after a 16 day mission.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 27, 2008 |
 | Scientists detect amino acetonitrile near the center of our Milky Way.
Provided by the Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
Published: March 26, 2008 |
 | A team of astronomers has found ancient asteroids that formed at our solar system's start.
Provided by the University of Maryland, College Park
Published: March 24, 2008 |
 | The ATV prepares for two demonstration days.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: March 21, 2008 |
 | A new way of studying supernovae has been found by observing both remnants and light echoes.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: March 21, 2008 |
 | A salt deposit discovered on the Red Planet points to a new place to hunt for life's ancient traces.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: March 20, 2008 |
 | The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence that an ocean may exsist between the crust on Saturn's largest moon.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: March 20, 2008 |
 | Help stop light pollution by participating March 29 through April 4.
Provided by the International Dark-Sky Association
Published: March 19, 2008 |
 | Hubble finds the first organic molecule on a planet orbiting another star.
Provided by Hubble ESA, Garching, Germany
Published: March 19, 2008 |
 | New observations have detected water vapor in protoplanetary disks.
Provided by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Published: March 18, 2008 |
 | Images from European Space Agency's Mars Express have provided new insight into volcanic activity on the Red Planet.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: March 17, 2008 |
 | An eye of a hurricane, seen on Venus's south pole, leaves questions for scientists.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: March 14, 2008 |
 | Spitzer finds organics and water where new plants may grow.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: March 14, 2008 |
 | A new study finds meteorites are a rich source of amino acids.
Provided by the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 14, 2008 |
 | The spacecraft flew through the watery plumes of Saturn's moon.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: March 14, 2008 |
 | NASA prepares hardware for astronaut escape system test.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 13, 2008 |
 | Endeavour and Station crews have joined forces.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 13, 2008 |
 | A small space rock crashed in the Peruvian Andes last September, smashing scientists' ideas about what objects are capable of producing impact craters. By Richard Talcott
Published: March 12, 2008 |
 | Planetary scientists are starting to make sense out of the 500 megabytes of data returned by the MESSENGER spacecraft during its January 14 flyby of Mercury. By Richard Talcott
Published: March 11, 2008 |
 | Space shuttle Endeavour has begun its mission to the International Space Station.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 11, 2008 |
 | On March 12, the Cassini spacecraft will get its closest view of Saturn's icy moon to date.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: March 10, 2008 |
 | Computer simulations have led astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to believe terrestrial planets likely have formed around Alpha Centauri B.
Provided by the University of California, Santa Cruz
Published: March 10, 2008 |
 | Los Alamos instruments provide ion data that give evidence for Rhea's vacuum.
Provided by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Published: March 7, 2008 |
 | HiRISE discovers a possibly once-habitable ancient lake on the Red Planet.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: March 7, 2008 |
 | Using twin mirrors, the Large Binocular Telescope has captured the images.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: March 6, 2008 |
 | New data shows similar atmospheric escape on the two planets.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: March 6, 2008 |
 | The coming months bring us more than flowers, birds, and warmer weather.
Tony Phillips
Published: March 5, 2008 |
 | Falling debris on the Red Planet is captured by a NASA spacecraft.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: March 4, 2008 |
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