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Martian Summer by Andrew Kessler
Writer Andrew Kessler spent a summer embedded with the NASA team that oversaw the Phoenix Mars Lander. His book Martian Summer recounts the experience.
May 12, 2011
Flipped orbits for some hot Jupiters
Planets form from a vast rotating cloud of gas, but some of these systems the have flipped orbits. The star is spinning one way and the planet is orbiting in the opposite direction.
May 11, 2011
Removing CO2 from air not viable technology, study concludes
A committee of 13 experts says that Direct Air Capture can't efficiently remove extra CO2 from the air. But carbon capture and storage might.
May 11, 2011
Whale sharks amaze scientists by feeding in large groups
In August 2009, marine biologists were stunned to see about 420 whale sharks feeding as a group in waters off the Yucatán Peninsula.
May 10, 2011
Can parsley and celery help fight breast cancer?
Study suggests that parsley, celery, and other fruits and nuts can arrest certain breast cancer tumors.
May 10, 2011
Arctic now reinforcing own warming
Researchers say feedback mechanisms are now at work in the Arctic to increase warming. In other words, the Arctic is now reinforcing its own warming.
May 10, 2011
Carbon structures may exist deep within the Earth
Two new studies shed light on how carbon structures are stored deep within the Earth - in Earth's mantle - which has not yet been penetrated.
May 9, 2011
Energy choices today will have lasting effects
People's energy choices today, says Adam Newton of Shell, will make a big difference in what the future of energy use will look like.
May 9, 2011
Kepler mission’s extraordinary planet discoveries
Famed planet-hunter Geoff Marcy spoke on May 2, 2011 about the Kepler space telescope and its 1,235 candidate planets. Does he think we'll find intelligent life?
May 9, 2011
Comet Elenin information from Don Yeomans
Comet Elenin will sweep past Earth in late 2011. NASA's Don Yeomans says its passage is nothing unusual and no dramatic events are expected.
May 9, 2011
