The most distant jet ever observed was discovered in an image of a quasar made by…
Month: November 2003
MERIS earns high marks
More than 150 researchers from across Europe, Canada, the United States, China and as far away…
LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY BRINGS RELIEF
A nurse holds a strange-looking device, moving it slowly toward a young patient’s face. The note-card-sized…
UO-14 Satellite Declared Dead
The UO-14 Amateur Radio satellite has been declared officially dead after nearly 14 years in orbit,…
VISITOR CENTER UNVEILS “ADVENTURES IN FLIGHT”
NASA’s Langley Research Center visitor center in Hampton, Va., is celebrating the centennial of flight by…
Going to Mars for Christmas
Europe’s mission to the Red Planet, Mars Express, is on schedule to arrive at the planet…
First Steps towards Mars Sample Return
What is the next best thing to humans landing on Mars and exploring the wonders of…
ANCIENT RIVERS ON MARS
Newly seen details in a fan-shaped apron of debris on Mars may help settle a decades-long…
New view of the Milky Way – in gamma rays!
ESA’s gamma-ray observatory Integral is making excellent progress, mapping the Galaxy at key gamma-ray wavelengths. Read…
Iceberg’s end caught by Envisat
ESA’s Envisat satellite was witness to the dramatic last days of what was once the world’s…