October 13th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Friday, October 13, 2006 VIDEO: Sex & the Senses Geneticist Bruce Baker proves male and female flies sense different worlds. One BirdÂ’s Battle with Ugliness Baby finches with ugly fathers lose out on the good genes and get little food brought home by dad. For this reason, the mom equips her eggs with extra antioxidants to protect the embryo during development. Alaskan Lakes Dry Up More than 10,000 Alaskan lakes have ...Continue Reading
October 13th 2006 PDT
Oct. 12, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 RELEASE: 06-334 NASA'S SPITZER SEES DAY AND NIGHT ON EXOTIC WORLD NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has made the first measurements of the day and night temperatures of a planet outside our solar system. The infrared observatory revealed that the Jupiter-like gas giant planet circling very close to its sun is always as hot as fire on one side, and potentially as ...Continue Reading
October 13th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 11 October 2006. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THAILAND Though floods are not unusual in Thailand during the summer monsoon season, 2006 brought unusually heavy flooding. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13921 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 11 2006 (Posted on Oct 12 2006 11:29AM) -- VOLCANO (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- ERUPTION FROM RABAUL VOLCANO Rabaul Volcano, on the northeastern tip of New Britain Island, underwent a l ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for October 12, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold} Â * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *October 12, 2006* Â *TOP STORY* *posted: October 12, 2006 12:38 pm EDT*Â *Combing the Cosmos at High Speed: The Allen Telescope Array*SETI is akin to discovery science, despite its obvious pr ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2006 PDT
Oct. 11, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-160 NASA MEDIA DAY HIGHLIGHTS SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRESS Media are invited to an Exploration Media Day at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Reporters will have the opportunity to tour facilities, see hardware being built, observe test demonstrations and pose questions to NASA exploration managers. Highlights of t ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2006 PDT
Oct. 11, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-9382 RELEASE: 06-333 NASA FINDS SATURN'S MOONS MAY BE CREATING NEW RINGS Cassini scientists are on the trail of the missing moons of Saturn. A recent observation by the spacecraft leads them to believe that they will find the moons near newly discovered rings around the planet. During an unprecedented opportunity, with the sun poised behind Saturn, Cassini scientists discovered t ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Wednesday, October 11, 2006 More Oxygen Could Make Giant Bugs Giant insects might crawl on Earth or fly above it if there was just more oxygen in the air, scientists report. In fact, it used to be so. Mobility Key to Animals Surviving Human Sprawl Some butterflies within a species are stronger than others, and more able to colonize new areas. And they happen to be more fertile, too. Robot Grabs and Solves Rubik's Cube RuBot II ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for October 11, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold} Â * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *October 11, 2006* Â *TOP STORY* *posted: October 11, 2006 11:38 am EDT*Â *NASA Jet Bears Nose that Grows for Sonic Boom Tests*With its extendable nose, a NASA research jet may resemble some ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2006 PDT
Oct. 11, 2006 J. D. Harrington/Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/4769 Katherine Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 RELEASE: 06-332 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW CLEVELAND SAFETY CENTER NASA re-designated the NASA Assurance Technology Center Wednesday as the NASA Safety Center. The change was made after an extensive review of the agency's safety and mission assurance programs and to better support the Vision for Space Exploration. The center will focus on supporting the development of ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2006 PDT
Oct. 11, 2006 Dean Acosta/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/1761 RELEASE: 06-329 NASA SELECTS NEW EDUCATION ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the selection of Joyce L. Winterton as the agency's new assistant administrator for education, effective Oct. 16. She succeeds John M. Hairston, Jr., who has served in an acting capacity since June. Before joining NASA, Winterton was director of national education programs for USA Today, the nation's ...Continue Reading
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