Orange and blue hazes on Titan:
A view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a depression within the moon's orange and blue haze layers near the south pole.
Saturn's giant moon Titan hides inside a thick, smoggy atmosphere that cranks out methane and other hydrocarbons like a factory. New NASA-funded research estimates how long this chemical factory has been operating.
A new NASA visualization lets everyone see Earth rise from the lunar horizon, as the Apollo 8 astronauts did when they took the iconic 'Earthrise' photo on December 24, 1968.
Continents move because of plate tectonics, but what actually allows the land masses to slide? A sublayer of molten rock can't be the only explanation, a Goddard researcher finds.
International Workshop on "Instrumentation for Planetary Missions" - IPM 2012- will be coming to Goddard October 10-12, 2012. Plan on registering and attending. There will oral and poster presentations concerning instrumentation and technology for planetary missions.
Keynote Speakers are Dr. John Mather, Dr. Chris Weber, Dr. Amy Simon-Miller.
Abstracts/papers submission are due July 9, 2012. Registration is now open! More information is at: http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/IPM/
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To study how planetary systems form and evolve, Division scientists develop theoretical models as well as the investigations and space instruments to test them. The researchers participate in planetary and earth science missions; collect, interpret, and evaluate measurements; and publish conclusions based on this research. The Division archives and disseminates the data, provides expert user support, and offers education and public outreach programs about the Division's science missions and services.
