Science Friday (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Scientists on both the Mars Phoenix and Mercury Messenger space missions talk about the latest news from the Milky Way and what it means for those of us on Earth.
NPR Topics: Space (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Scientists on both the Mars Phoenix and Mercury Messenger space missions talk about the latest news from the Milky Way and what it means for those of us on Earth.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Large, bright plains on the surface of Mercury hint of a violent, volcanic past, according to the latest scientific findings from the Mercury Messenger probe operated by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Large, bright plains on the surface of Mercury hint of a violent, volcanic past, according to the latest scientific findings from the Mercury MESSENGER probe operated by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Mercury's Surface Dominated by Volcanism and Iron Deficiency , NASA/JHUAP/ASU "Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the latest spacecraft to visit the Sun's innermost planet. MESSENGER data has also identified and mapped surface rock units that...
mac.ro (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
102 usesthis | Version: 1.9 | License: Freeware Mercury is a Java-based MSN client (and upcoming Jabber client) With Mercury you can do the same things as with your normal MSN messenger. Changelog | Comments | Screenshot | Homepage | Download
Star Stryder (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I’m spending my morning in a session on Mercury and Messenger’s new results. There is no WiFi in here, so this is all getting posted in one large, time-delayed, lump. There are also no websites being noted so press can go get images, so this is going to be less visual then I would have [...]
Mercury Today (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
"MESSENGER has shown that Mercury is even more different from the Moon than we'd thought," said Science Team Co-Investigator James Head, professor at Brown University and chair of the mission's Geology Discipline Group.
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Don't forget: This Tuesday (tomorrow, Feb 26, 7-9pm) is the next Dorkbot DC. Presenters include Katie Bechtold, a spacecraft flight software developer and controller, talking about the Mercury MESSENGER mission, Justin Sabe on making cheap MIDI controlled instruments from toys, and Alberto Gaitán, presenting Part Two, The Software, of his talk on Remembrancer, the amazing robot-controlled installation...
Bad Astronomy Blog (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
The Mercury MESSENGER probe folks just released a new cool image, and this one shows one fo the larger craters on the planet that has a dark ring around it. Emily has lots of details, of course, with an explanation… but I know the real cause of these rings. You'd have dark circles around your [...]
Astronomy Buff (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
I missed the Flyby of the MESSENGER spacecraft as it flew by Mercury last month. I looked at the pictures and read a few news releases after the fact, but I missed all the real-time updates that were coming out of NASA/JPL. It turns out that I needn't have worried. I just went through [...]
Space Spin (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
After a journey of more than 2.2 billion miles and three and a half years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its first flyby of Mercury just after 2 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 14, 2008. All seven scientific instruments worked flawlessly, producing a stream of surprises that is amazing and delighting the science team. The 1,213 mages conclusively show that the planet is a lot less like the...
Sci-Tech Today (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
Thirty-three years after NASA got the first clear pictures of the surface of the planet Mercury, the Messenger spacecraft has transmitted surprising information and images of a mysterious formation that no one can yet explain. From 125 miles up, Messenger sent home pictures of an enormous formation that NASA scientists have dubbed "The Spider." It's a 26- mile-wide crater with more than 50 steep-sided,...
Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 31, 2008 - After a journey of more than 2.2 billion miles and three and a half years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its first flyby of Mercury just after 2 p.m. EST on Jan. 14, 2008. All seven scientific instruments worked flawlessly, producing a stream of surprises that is amazing and delighting the science team.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 01/27/2008
Thought for the Day: The moon is waning. Life on Earth is breathing out with the precision of a yoga master. And tomorrow, Mercury the messenger turns backward. Avoid making any major decisions for three weeks, if possible.
