Mercury’s Spider Crater and More
February 3, 2008 | NASA
The MESSENGER spacecraft has returned over 1000 images of Mercury including one... Martian Craters Might Be Collapse Features
October 29, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
Glen Cushing, a U.S. Geological Survey space scientist, suggests that craters near... Volcanoes on Mercury
October 30, 2008 | Reuters
The MESSENGER space probe has mapped an additional 30 percent of the... CoRoT-7b: First Rocky Planet Outside Our Solar System
September 16, 2009 | European Southern Observatory
CoRoT-7b is a tiny planet discovered by the CoRoT space telescope. ... Magnetic Tornadoes on Mercury
June 9, 2009 | NASA
"During its second flyby of the planet on October 6, 2008, MESSENGER... New Discoveries on Planet Mercury
November 4, 2009 | NASA
The MESSENGER spacecraft has completed its last flyby of Mercury, giving astronomers... Kentucky Terrain Map
November 12, 2008 | Kentucky Geological Survey
The Kentucky Geological Survey has published Kentucky Terrain, a 43" x 33"... First Planet With Water Vapor
July 12, 2007 | NASA Jet Propulsion
The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the first planet beyond our solar... Hubble Space Telescope Investigates Dying Star
April 8, 2008 | NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a planetary nebula... Tiny Planet Discovered Orbiting Dwarf Star
June 4, 2008 | National Science Foundation
Scientists have discovered a small extrasolar planet using a technique called gravitational... MESSENGER Spacecraft to Flyby Mercury
January 11, 2008 | NASA
"The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft, called MESSENGER, is... USGS Budget for FY 2011
February 3, 2010 | USGS
"USGS Director Marcia McNutt released President Obama's FY 2011 budget request for... New Sea Creatures Discovered
October 25, 2008 | ABC News
Scientists have found hundreds of previously unknown species of sea life in... Exploring Mercury
May 16, 2009 | NASA
"A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that... First Photo of Another Star’s Planet
November 15, 2008 | NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever image of a planet... Enormous New Ring Discovered Around Saturn
October 8, 2009 | NASA
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn --... Another Mercury Fly By
October 2, 2008 | NASA
"MESSENGER is the first mission sent to orbit Mercury. On October 6,... Smithsonian Features Early Americans
February 11, 2009 | MSNBC
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is now showing a collection of... Planet Mercury: Messenger Fly-By
September 23, 2009 | NASA
"NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER... Surprises on Mercury
July 5, 2008 | National Geographic News
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury earlier this year, and took over... | 
