MARSDAILY - The Calm Before The Storm: An Interview With Dr. Gilbert Levin http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-03l.html Los Angeles - Nov 17, 2003 - In a little over one month, the British built Beagle 2 exobiology lander will look for signs of extinct or extant life on the surface of Mars. Not since NASA's Viking mission 27 years ago has another search for life on Mars been attempted. ------------ SOLAR SCIENCE - Is The Sun An Iron-Rich Powerhouse http://www.spacedaily.com/news/solarscience-03zl.html Rolla - Nov 18, 2003 - The spate of solar storms to hit Earth in recent days may be caused by the sun's iron-rich interior, says a UMR researcher who theorizes that the sun's core is made of iron rather than hydrogen. ------------ SPACE SCIENCE - Three-Ton Science Kit To Cruise South Pole Skies For Cosmic Rays http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cosmicrays-03d.html Chicago - Nov 17, 2003 - University of Chicago scientists plan to launch an unmanned balloon into the highest reaches of the atmosphere over Antarctica in early December to hunt for tiny particles from interstellar space called high-energy cosmic rays. ------------- JOVIAN DREAMS - Cassini Imaging Team Create Most Detailed Jupiter Portrait Ever http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cassini-03e.html Boulder - Nov 17, 2003 - Jupiter, our solar system's most massive planet, has been captured in the most detailed global color view ever seen, courtesy of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini acquired the view during its closet approach to the gas giant while en route to its final destination, Saturn. (desktop available with story) -------- EXO LIFE - Major Mutations, Not Small Changes, May Lead To New Species http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-03zzr.html Seattle - Nov 17, 2003 - Hummingbirds visited nearly 70 times more often after scientists altered the color of a kind of monkeyflower from pink â beloved by bees but virtually ignored by hummingbirds â to a hummer-attractive yellow-orange. --------- NANO TECH - Nanotube Cable Can Connect The Earth And The Moon http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nanotech-03zzj.html Moscow - Nov 18, 2003 - Researchers from the Institute of Problems of Microelectronics Technology and Extra Pure Materials (Russian Academy of Sciences) have designed and tested a new device for production of a new promising material -- nanotubes. The researchers believe that it is exactly the material a transport cable can be produced of to connect the Moon and the Earth. |
