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Planetary News: Archive (2008)
Headlines
- 31 Dec 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: As Spirit and Opportunity Rove On, We Look Back on 2008
- 31 Dec 08 The Year in Pictures: 2008
- 30 Dec 08 The Universe is Yours to Discover during the International Year of Astronomy 2009
- 16 Dec 08 Steven J. Ostro, 1946 - 2008
- 10 Dec 08 Hubble Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Exoplanet
- 04 Dec 08 Mars Science Laboratory Launch Delayed Two Years, Until Late 2011
- 30 Nov 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Recupes from Dust Storm, Opportunity Hits on Santorini
- 14 Nov 08 Scientists Lay Eyes on Distant Planets
- 13 Nov 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Phones Home After Life-Threatening Dust Storm
- 11 Nov 08 Sun Sets on Phoenix, NASA Declares End of Mission
- 31 Oct 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit "Bumps" a Move, Opportunity Puts the Pedal to the Metal
- 30 Oct 08 MESSENGER's Second Mercury Flyby: Ancient Geology, Active Atmosphere
- 30 Oct 08 Phoenix Enters Safe Mode
- 21 Oct 08 James Bell Named New President of The Planetary Society Board of Directors Adds Two New Members
- 06 Oct 08 Boulder-Sized Asteroid will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere
- 30 Sep 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Embarks on New Endeavour, Spirit Gets Back to Normal Schedule
- 30 Sep 08 Phoenix Detects Falling Snow, Digs up Evidence for Past Water, and Snares Mission Extension
- 26 Sep 08 Special Coverage of the 2008 European Planetary Science Congress from The Planetary Society Weblog
- 18 Sep 08 Phoenix Mission Receives OK to Listen for Sounds on Mars
- 09 Sep 08 Rosetta Unearths a "Jewel of the Solar System"
- 31 Aug 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Exits Victoria Crater, Spirit Picks Up Pace on Panorama
- 18 Aug 08 U.S Presidential Candidates Release Space Policies
- 08 Aug 08 Cassini to Shoot Past Enceladus for Its Fifth Close Encounter
- 06 Aug 08 Alien Rumors Quelled as NASA Announces Phoenix Perchlorate Discovery
- 06 Aug 08 ESA's Rosetta Has Asteroid Steins in Sight
- 04 Aug 08 Phoenix Confirms Water-Ice on Mars, But Finds Evidence of Soil Habitability Inconclusive, and No, It Hasn't Found Life
- 31 Jul 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Bides Winter Time, Opportunity Wraps Victoria and Begins Exit
- 24 Jul 08 Earth Observing Satellites Discover Why Northern Lights "Dance"
- 10 Jul 08 30 Years into its Journey, Voyager 2 Crosses the Termination Shock
- 03 Jul 08 MESSENGER Scientists 'Astonished' to Find Water in Mercury's Thin Atmosphere
- 30 Jun 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Shudders Through Solstice, Opportunity Shoots Cape Verde Base
- 26 Jun 08 Phoenix Shows Martian Soil Not So Alien, Green Beans Would Love It
- 21 Jun 08 Phoenix Scientists Confirm Water-Ice on Mars
- 17 Jun 08 Trio of Super-Earths Found to Orbit Nearby Star
- 12 Jun 08 Meet the Plutoids: IAU Makes Amends for Pluto's Demotion
- 12 Jun 08 Phoenix Fledges, Science Begins on Unusual Martian Soil
- 09 Jun 08 Martian Clumps Confound as Phoenix Does the TEGA Shake
- 06 Jun 08 Analysis of Phoenix's First Official Study Sample to Begin
- 06 Jun 08 Deep Impact: A Comet Chaser Turns Planet Hunter
- 04 Jun 08 Phoenix Ready to Snatch First Sample for Analysis
- 03 Jun 08 Phoenix Scoops Mars and Digs It
- 01 Jun 08 Holy Cow, Snow Queen! Phoenix Landed on Ice Team Thinks
- 31 May 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Hangs In, Opportunity Roves On
- 31 May 08 Space Shuttle Discovery Launches with Japanese Laboratory
- 30 May 08 Phoenix Zeros in on Possible Ice
- 29 May 08 Phoenix Glides into Fourth Day on Mars
- 27 May 08 Phoenix Ready to Rock Robotic Arm
- 26 May 08 Phoenix Rises from Ashes in Style
- 25 May 08 Phoenix Arrives on Mars with Flawless Landing
- 25 May 08 Phoenix Closes in on Mars, Ready for Seven Minutes of Terror
- 25 May 08 Visions of Mars Goes to Mars
- 23 May 08 Astronomers Catch First Stirrings of a Supernova
- 23 May 08 Phoenix Soars on Final "Wing" of Flight to Mars
- 13 May 08 Phoenix Prepares to Land on Mars
- 07 May 08 In Memoriam: Fernando "Raul" Colomb
- 02 May 08 Send Your Name to the Moon on LRO
- 30 Apr 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Powers into Winter, Opportunity "Shoulders" Injury
- 29 Apr 08 New Details in Images of Mercury, Tethys, and Dione Require New Names
- 11 Apr 08 Phoenix on Course for Mars Landing
- 10 Apr 08 Earth from Space: Lake Janisjarvi Impact Crater
- 09 Apr 08 HiRISE Sees Phobos in Color and Stereo
- 08 Apr 08 Laser Technology Could Aid in Finding Earth-like Planets
- 31 Mar 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Takes in New Home Views, Opportunity Roves to Cape Verde
- 26 Mar 08 Cassini Finds Enceladus Tastes Like a Comet
- 26 Mar 08 Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely at Cape Canaveral
- 20 Mar 08 Methane Found in Exoplanet Atmosphere may Point the Way to Detection of Life
- 20 Mar 08 When Titan's Winds Blow, Mountains Move: The Moon's Entire Crust May Slide Over Subsurface Ocean
- 18 Mar 08 Arthur C. Clarke: 1917-2008
- 11 Mar 08 Space Shuttle Endeavour Begins STS-123 Mission
- 10 Mar 08 Rocky Planets Plentiful around Distant Suns, Study Suggests
- 06 Mar 08 A Ringed Moon of Saturn? Cassini Discovers Possible Rings at Rhea
- 05 Mar 08 Mars Orbiter Sees Avalanche on Mars
- 29 Feb 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Settles into Winter Spot, Opportunity Descends Deeper into Victoria Crater
- 28 Feb 08 Researchers Investigate New Cosmic Mystery: The Flyby Anomaly
- 07 Feb 08 Administration's Budget Request Benefits Earth-Observing Agencies
- 07 Feb 08 Atlantis Begins Mission to the International Space Station
- 04 Feb 08 2009 NASA Budget Request Strong on Earth, Weak on Mars
- 31 Jan 08 Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit and Opportunity Begin Fifth Year in Shadow of "Little Sasquatch"
- 30 Jan 08 MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby Reveals a "Whole New Planet"
- 29 Jan 08 First Images of Near-Earth Asteroid TU24
- 23 Jan 08 Virgin Galactic Unveils Spaceship Designs
- 18 Jan 08 MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby Highly Successful
- 10 Jan 08 MESSENGER Set for First Spacecraft Swing Past Mercury in 33 Years
- 10 Jan 08 Red Planet Spared Asteroid Impact
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