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2008 Features :
artist concept of Voyager and our solar system 7/2/08 - Voyager Squashes View of Solar System
Scientists using data from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft have observed the bubble of solar wind surrounding the solar system is not round, but has a squashed shape.
 
section of a supernova remnant 7/1/08 - Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
Observations from JPL's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 contributed to this image showing a delicate ribbon of gas floating eerily in space.
 
Shell Oil platform 7/1/08 - New Mission Helps Offshore Industries Dodge Swirling Waters
Hurricanes aren't the only hazards spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico -- they have a liquid counterpart in the waters below called ocean eddies.
 
fires near Big Sur, Calif. 6/30/08 - Smoke Shrouds Idyllic California Coast
Fires near the scenic California resort of Big Sur burn unchecked in this thermal infrared NASA/JPL satellite image taken Sunday, June 29.
 
map showing location of Tunguska impact 6/27/08 - 100 Years of Space Rock: The Tunguska Impact
At around 7:17 on the morning of June 30, 1908, a man based at the trading post at Vanavara in Siberia is sitting on his front porch.
 
space-based mapping of ocean 6/25/08 - NASA Mission to Answer Lingering Questions From Deep Blue Sea
Ocean tides and currents across the globe still hold within their watery grasp the key to unanswered questions about our planet.
 
ozone loss indicated in tropical Atlantic 6/25/08 - Study Zooms In on Ozone Loss
A JPL scientist co-authored a study in tomorrow's (June 26) Nature, finding that sea spray and emissions from microscopic ocean plants are destroying ozone in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic Ocean at a rate 50 percent higher than predicted by climate models.
 
artist concept of Stardust-Next 6/25/08 - Stardust-Next Burns for Comet Flyby
The Stardust-Next flight team fired their spacecraft's engine today to refine its trajectory. This trajectory sets the stage for an encounter with comet Tempel 1 on February 14, 2011.
 
OSTM/Jason 2 6/20/08 - OSTM/Jason 2 Launches
The boosters and first-stage engine have been jettisoned, and the launch vehicle will enter a 38-minute-long coast period.
 
6/19/08 - Epoxi Burns for Comet Flyby
The Epoxi flight team fired their spacecraft's engine today to refine its trajectory. This trajectory sets the stage for an encounter with comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4, 2010.
 
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