News of Astronomy, Space, Science, & the War Against Terrorism en-us http://domeofthesky.com/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:25:36 GMT domeofth@domeofthesky.com (Editor) domeofth@domeofthesky.com (Webmaster) http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jt302615 Only occasional updates until September Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jt302615 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr232185 Red spots are shown interacting in the atmosphere of Jupiter; moving horizontally from left to right past the Great Red Spot, Red Spot Jr. clearly went below the larger storm, but the smaller spot was pulled in Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr232185 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr227951 This panorama mosaic, taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, documents the passage of the midnight sun over several days Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr227951 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr228718 Awaiting orders to proceed to the launch site for Project Mercury's second attempt to launch a man into space, astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom relaxes in the Personal Equipment Room Hangar "S," Cape Canaveral, Fla Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr228718 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#ke907239 ISS Status Report for June 23 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#ke907239 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr233048 More scraping tests scheduled for today Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr233048 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr233464 Phoenix Mars Lander's team is looking to extend the spacecraft's mission on Mars further into the Martian winter Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr233464 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr229030 A look at the Phoenix mission success criteria to see how the mission is doing Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr229030 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr232720 A European spacecraft made its closest pass by the Mars moon Phobos Wednesday Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr232720 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr231910 For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers have long predicted they would be Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr231910 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr231592 A team of European scientists working with COROT have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a star slightly more massive than the Sun Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr231592 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr233794 Researchers discovered unique microbes deep beneath the Earth's surface inhabiting a deep South African mine Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr233794 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr227636 Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr227636 http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr227457 Undersea volcanic activity triggered a mass extinction of marine life and buried a thick mat of organic matter on the sea floor about 93 million years ago, which became a major source of oil, according to a new study Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:57 GMT http://domeofthesky.com/domenews/1216857600#jr227457