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Seeing, Touching And Smelling The Extraordinarily Earth-like World Of Titan |
| The first scientific assessments of Huygens' data were presented during a press conference at ESA head office in Paris on 21 January
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Cassini Finds High-Speed Dust Streaming From Saturn |
| The Cassini spacecraft has found high-speed streams of dust zipping away from Saturn, astronomers revealed on Wednesday. Similar dust streams have been found emanating from Jupiter, but this is a first for the ringed planet - New Scientist |
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The Lion's Pumpkin-Shaped Heart |
| Regulus, the brightest star in Leo the Lion, isn't round, say astronomers. Instead, its rapid spin flattens the star into the shape of a pumpkin - Astronomy |
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Researchers Develop New Machine For Detecting Signs Of Life On Mars |
| Scientists continue to explore Mars for elusive signs of life. A new tool should help in the hunt. The Mars Organic Analyzer (MOA) can detect and identify amino acids with 1,000 times greater sensitivity than the Viking probes that landed on the Red Planet in 1976 - Scientific American |
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Solar System Planetoids Could Be Really Far Out |
| Large planetoids may have formed hundreds of times farther from the Sun than previously thought, new calculations reveal. The work suggests a vast population of undetected icy bodies - like the recently discovered Sedna - may skirt the fringes of the solar system - New Scientist |
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Weighing The Smallest Stars |
| Thanks to the powerful new high-contrast camera installed at the Very Large Telescope, photos have been obtained of a low-mass companion very close to a star. This has allowed astronomers to measure directly the mass of a young, very low mass object for the first time - European Southern Observatory |
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Oscillating Stars Reveal Their Ages |
| The bright, nearby star Procyon is 1.7 billion years old, say astronomers in Switzerland. This makes the star about one-third as old as the Sun - Astronomy |
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Swift Mission Images The Birth Of A Black Hole |
| The NASA-led Swift mission has detected and imaged its first gamma-ray burst, likely the birth cry of a brand new black hole - NASA |
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New Computer Simulations Suggest Sedna Could Have Formed Where We Find It Today |
| Planetary scientists continue to debate what Sedna's presence says about the history of our solar system. Now, S. Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder,
Colorado, says large bodies may have formed much farther out than previously thought — and Sedna may be only the first of many such objects found in the solar system's hinterlands - Astronomy |
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Sunspot Cluster Ejects Huge Radiation Storm |
| The Sun spewed forth a massive amount of radiation this week, causing brilliant auroras and a radio blackout - New Scientist |
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