Daily non-political popular news in brief.

What's a Planet?

12-02-2006 · Science News Online

Recent observations have blurred distinctions among stars, brown dwarfs, and planets.

Keywords: planet

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "What's a Planet?":

NASA's New Mars Camera Gives Dramatic View Of Planet
09-30-2006 · ScienceDaily
Mars is ready for its close-up. The highest-resolution camera ever to orbit Mars is returning low-altitude images to Earth from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Rocks and surface features as small as armchairs are revealed in the first image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter since the spacecraft maneuvered into its final, low-altitude orbital path. The imaging of the red planet at this resolution heralds a new era in Mars exploration.
Similar news · Read more »
See Mercury's silhouette with SOHO
11-08-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
On Wednesday 8 November 2006, Mercury will pass directly between the Sun and the Earth. The innermost planet will be seen not as a bright point in the sky but as a tiny black dot, silhouetted against the brilliant surface of the Sun. Although this spectacle is not visible from Europe, the ESA-NASA solar satellite SOHO will be watching.
Similar news · Read more »
Midges send undeniable message -- Planet is warming
12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
Small insects that inhabit some of the most remote parts of the United States are sending a strong message about climate change. New research suggests that changes in midge communities in some of these areas provide additional evidence that the globe is indeed getting warmer. Researchers created a history of changing midge communities for six remote mountain lakes in the western United States.
Similar news · Read more »
AAAS panel will focus on the impact of livestock production on the planet
02-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
The harmful environmental effects of livestock production are becoming increasingly serious at all levels -- local, regional, national and global -- and urgently need to be addressed, according to researchers from Stanford University, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other organizations. The researchers, representing five countries, will present their findings on Feb. 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco.
Similar news · Read more »
EuroNews on space weather
03-02-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
EuroNews looks at the link between cosmic particles from galaxies far far away, the cycles of our own Sun and the changes that we see in our planet's weather over decades and centuries.
Similar news · Read more »
No Escape: There's global warming on Mars too
04-07-2007 · Science News Online
The overall darkening of Mars' surface in recent decades has significantly raised the Red Planet's temperature, a possible cause for the substantial, recent shrinkage of the planet's southern ice cap.
Similar news · Read more »
Extreme winds rule exoplanet's weather
05-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
Supersonic winds are blasting through a Jupiter-sized planet 60 light years away, scientists report in the May 10 issue of Nature.
Similar news · Read more »
New evidence points to oceans on Mars
06-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists have found new evidence to support the presence of large oceans on Mars in the past. The research suggests that changes in Mars' orientation with respect to its axis might be responsible for large variations in the topography of shoreline-like features on the planet. Scientists have studied these features for more than 30 years, and the current study presents a new, alternative explanation for how they formed.
Similar news · Read more »
Search for the water of life -- UCL astronomers find water on extrasolar planet
07-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at UCL are part of an international team which has discovered water on an extrasolar planet for the first time. Findings will be published in this week's Nature.
Similar news · Read more »
ESA support to NASA Phoenix highlights beneficial Mars cooperation
09-07-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
When NASA's Phoenix lander descends to the Red Planet's surface in the spring of 2008, ESA's Mars Express will closely monitor progress, serving as a key communications back-up.
Similar news · Read more »