July 19, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 RELEASE: 06-281 CASSINI REVEALS TITAN'S XANADU REGION TO BE AN EARTH-LIKE LAND New radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed geological features similar to Earth on Xanadu, an Australia-sized, bright region on Saturn's moon Titan. These radar images, from a strip more than 2,796 miles long, show Xanadu is surrounded by darker terrain, reminis ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, July 20, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 20, 9:30 a.m., NASA HQ Channel 36 Contact: Kendra Perkins 358-2119 NASA TV will broadcast the July 20 hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform regarding global climate change, private sector efforts to ameliorate the impact and similar steps government can take. Panel 1: James Connaughton, Council of Environmental Quality and Dr. Thomas Karl, National ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for July 19, 2006 The fourth installment of Science@NASA's Apollo Chronicles explains why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't fall asleep 37 years ago in the Sea of Tranquillity. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity.htm?list882224 You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@lyris. ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 19, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 19, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 19, 2006 10:59 am EDT* *Beyond Discovery: A Soyuz-Shuttle-Station Shuffle*With Discovery back on Earth, NASA is confident the or ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 18, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 18, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 18, 2006 12:13 pm EDT* *Radiation and Bone Loss: Deep Space Mission Concerns*New study says nothing directly about the effect ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, July 18, 2006 First Delta-Wing Fighter Was a Reptile The same triangular wing-shape found on many modern fighter jets was used by a small reptile living 225 million years ago to glide between trees, a new study suggests. Eureka! Bacteria Have the Midas Touch Scientists have discovered that a lowly bacteria appears to turn dissolved metal into solid gold. Why Johnny Can't Read: Schools Favor Girls An eye-popping literacy gap ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 July 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA A thin cloud of dust blew over the Arabian Sea in mid July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13714 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 15 2006 (Posted on Jul 18 2006 1:48PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES NORTH OF RUSSIA'S LAKE BAIKAL North of Lake Baikal in south-central Russia, scores of fires were burning in the area's forests in mid-July 20 ...Continue Reading

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LiveScience.com Monday, July 17, 2006 Invasive Strategy: Toads Hit the Road A new study finds that the invasive creatures are using roads to hasten their spread across the continent. Aging Europeans Worry They May Never Retire By 2010 there will be more 55- to 64-year-olds than 15- to 24-year-olds in the European Union. Somebody has to pay. Earthquake Creates Deadly Tsunami in Java The event killed at least six people and caused extensive damage ...Continue Reading