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Phoenix: Redemption at Mars

May 25, 2008 | NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has dropped gently onto the north-polar plain of Mars — easing painful memories of a similar craft lost 8 years ago and rewarding its anxious handlers with stunning views of the surrounding landscape. > read more

Phoenix's Amazing Photo Finish

May 27, 2008 | Whether by precise planning, good luck, or both, a high-power camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Phoenix lander during its parachute descent with a menacing crater looming in the background. > read more

Phoenix Readies for Arctic Adventure

May 27, 2008 | So far, so good. NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has reached the north-polar plains of Mars, and scientists on Earth are getting ready to put it to work. > read more

Is Mars Too Salty for Life?

May 30, 2008 | A just-published study, coincidentally appearing as Phoenix prepares to get the dirt on Martian habitability, argues that the Red P***t's soil is at least 10 to 100 times saltier than Earth's oceans. > read more

Signs Found of Many “Super-Earths”

May 30, 2008 | Jupiter-like exop***ts are outnumbered by smaller p***ts three to one, say astronomers describing their cutting-edge work in progress. > read more

Jupiter Sports a Third Red Spot

May 28, 2008 | Jupiter's new spot may herald global climate change for the gas giant. > read more

Amateur Finds Fastest-Spinning Asteroid

May 29, 2008 | While chasing near-Earth asteroid 2008 HJ with a remotely controlled telescope in Australia, Richard Miles made a record-setting discovery. > read more

GLAST Ready to Go

May 30, 2008 | Next week, NASA will launch its latest space observatory to provide our best look at the most powerful beacons in the universe. > read more

That's Infotainment!

May 28, 2008 | Watch a talk from Neil deGrasse Tyson. > read more

Observing

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Comet Boattini: Barely Visible Now, Bright in July?

May 16, 2008 | Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) has reached 6th magnitude, brighter than expected. In late May it should be visible from dark sites in the southern US and points south. When it reappears in July, will it be naked-eye? > read more

This Week's Sky at a Glance

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This Week's Sky at a Glance

May 31, 2008 | Mars shines in the west after dark, giving no hint of the Phoenix lander newly sitting on its northern plains. In our sky, Mars is moving toward the eye-catching Saturn-and Regulus pair to its upper left. > read more