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Equatorial bulge -- An equatorial bulge is a planetological term which describes a bulge which a planet may have around its equator, distorting it into an oblate spheroid. Because of a planet's equatorial bulge, its ... > full article
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Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon On Saturn (March 27, 2007) -- An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA's Cassini ... > full story
Tiny Enceladus Masks Mighty Saturn's Clock (March 26, 2007) -- New data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, reported in the online version of Science, shows how the small moon, Enceladus, is weighing down Saturn's magnetic field so much that the field is rotating ... > full story
Seas Discovered On Saturn's Moon Titan (March 14, 2007) -- Instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found evidence for seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. One such feature is larger ... > full story
Hot Start Might Explain Geysers On Enceladus (March 14, 2007) -- A hot start billions of years ago might have set into motion the forces that power geysers on Saturn's moon ... > full story
Cassini Returns Never-before-seen Views Of The Ringed Planet (March 2, 2007) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured never-before-seen views of Saturn from perspectives high above and below the planet's rings. Over the last several months, the spacecraft has climbed to higher ... > full story
Saturn's Moon Enceladus Is A 'Cosmic Graffiti Artist,' Astronomers Discover (February 14, 2007) -- Astronomers from the University of Virginia and other institutions have found that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is a "cosmic graffiti artist," pelting the surfaces of at least 11 ... > full story
Cassini Images Mammoth Cloud Engulfing Titan's North Pole (February 5, 2007) -- A giant cloud half the size of the United States has been imaged on Saturn's moon Titan by the Cassini spacecraft. The cloud may be responsible for the material that fills the lakes discovered last ... > full story
Surprises Continue Two Years After Probe's Landing On Saturn's Moon Titan (January 17, 2007) -- Two years ago, planetary scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something amazing. The Huygens descent module drifted down through the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, ... > full story
Liquid Lakes On Saturn's Titan (January 4, 2007) -- The existence of oceans or lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan was predicted more than 20 years ago. But with a dense haze preventing a closer look it has not been possible to confirm ... > full story
Massive Mountain Range Imaged On Saturn's Moon Titan (December 13, 2006) -- The tallest mountains ever seen on Titan -- coated with layers of organic material and blanketed by clouds -- have been imaged by NASA's Cassini ... > full story
Monster Storm On Saturn Spotted By Cassini Space Probe (November 10, 2006) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's South Pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds. The "hurricane" ... > full story
Saturn's Rings Show Evidence Of A Modern-Day Collision (October 13, 2006) -- Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spied a new, continuously changing feature that provides circumstantial evidence that a comet or asteroid recently collided with Saturn's innermost ring, ... > full story
Atlas of the Moon
The definitive Moon atlas is back! Revised, updated, and improved with expanded text and maps, this venerable atlas is the ideal reference guide for beginning Moon-gazers and expert lunar observers ... > read more
Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set For Organic Chemistry (2nd Edition)
This kit enables users to build virtually all simple molecules encountered in organic chemistry. Includes space-filling models that simulate the true shape of saturated compounds. Provides open ... > read more
Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods
Tactics of the Crescent Moon comes none too soon for deployed U.S. service personnel. Little, if any, of their battlefield intelligence has been tactically interpreted. U.S. analysts are generally ... > read more
First Man : The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no ... > read more
The Happiness Hypothesis
An award-winning psychologist exposes traditional wisdom to the scrutiny of science to show why ancient insights still help us live more meaningful-and healthy-lives Your grandmother was smarter ... > read more
