Salts found in icy plumes ejected from a Saturn moon; adds spice to search for life in space

October 8th, 2009 LONDON - The world's first thermal images of the dark side of the moon have been unveiled. According to a report in the Telegraph, the pictures were captured by a specialist thermal camera as part of a NASA mission to search for the presence of water on the moon.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Astronomers have identified yet another ring around Saturn, says a new study. This barely visible ring, because of its icy temperature hovering at minus 193 degree Celsius, and distance from the Sun, also includes the planet's famous moon, Phoebe, said the Jet Propulsion Lab in California.

October 6th, 2009 NASA telescope discovers giant ring around SaturnPASADENA, Calif. — The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late Tuesday.

September 26th, 2009 DHAKA - Applauding India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission and the discovery of water on the moon, a Dhaka daily has said the find has significantly widened the scope for space research. But The Daily Star newspaper, in an editorial Saturday, cautioned against rivalry among those engaged in research and exploration on the moon.

September 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's own Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden lunar craft had discovered water on the moon, a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA's probe that was also aboard Chandrayaan-1, India's top space scientist G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.

September 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - India's first lunar mission is perhaps the only space project that has raised many eyebrows. But the sensational finding of water on moon has vindicated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials' faith in the Rs.386-crore mission.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - Data from Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar mission, has revealed the presence of large quantities of water on the surface of the Moon, a discovery that is a significant boost for India in its space race against China. ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) lost control of Chandrayaan-1 last month, and aborted the mission ahead of schedule, but not before M3 and the other instruments had beamed data back to Earth.

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As news trickled out about Indian maiden lunar mission tracing water molecules on the moon's surface, scientists rejoiced at the discovery and hope that it will pave the way for growing vegetation in the earth's natural satellite in future. I am really very happy to know that the the NASA payload on Chandrayaan-1 has traced water.

September 8th, 2009 Obama space panel says moon return plan is a no-goWASHINGTON — A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly. The problem is money.

August 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A leading acamadecian has announced a collaborative art project using 8,000 panels to wrap around the Saturn V Moon Rocket, which is one of America's 20th-century icons. The announcement was made by Professor Jennifer Marsh, one of the world's leading figures in collaborative public art.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - A new research by European scientists has provided evidence that an enormous plume of water spurts in giant jets from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus is fed by a salty ocean, a discovery that may have implications for the search for extraterrestrial life. The Cassini spacecraft made a surprising discovery about Saturn's sixth largest moon, Enceladus, on its exploration of the giant ringed planet in 2005.

June 17th, 2009 NASA aims for unmanned moon rocket launch ThursdayWASHINGTON — NASA plans to launch an unmanned rocket to the moon Thursday, the first such mission in a decade. The space agency announced plans for the Cape Canaveral launch Wednesday after deciding to postpone a space shuttle mission because of a hydrogen gas leak.

June 15th, 2009 SYDNEY - The Cassini spacecraft has found long shadows in a ring gap created by the eight-kilometre-wide Saturn moon Dephnis, which orbits in the planet's outer A ring. According to a report by ABC News, taking advantage of a very low sun angle relative to the planet's rings, Cassini scientists found the shadows in the ring gap.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - In a new research, a scientist has suggested that a perpetual cycle of melting and refreezing may offer the best explanation for why Saturn's moon Enceladus seems so active today. According to a report in New Scientist, the scientist in question is Norman Sleep of Stanford University, US.

May 8th, 2009 Magic's Redick ejected from Game 2BOSTON — Orlando Magic guard J.J. Redick was ejected from Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night after picking up his sixth foul and then arguing with the official about it.