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ASNH Times
All The News That Fits We Print
Vol-1 Issue 4 May 2008
The New Haven Science Fair

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  • ASNH is looking for pictures of its past Presidents for its “TimeLine” page
    If you have any please foreword them to webmaster@asnh.org.

  • Solar System Exploration

    • 09.05.08 - MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury
    • Posted on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST MESSENGER09.05.08 - MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury
      On September 4, the MESSENGER team announced that it would not need to implement a scheduled maneuver to adjust the probe's trajectory. This is the fourth time this year that such a maneuver has been called off.


    • 09.05.08 - Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
    • Posted on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons09.05.08 - Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
      NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon.


    • 09.04.08 - Spiky Probe On Nasa Mars Lander Raises Vapor Quandary
    • Posted on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST Spiky Probe On Nasa Mars Lander Raises Vapor Quandary09.04.08 - Spiky Probe On Nasa Mars Lander Raises Vapor Quandary
      A fork-like conductivity probe has sensed humidity rising and falling beside NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, but when stuck into the ground, its measurements so far indicate soil that is thoroughly and perplexingly dry.


    • 09.03.08 - New Virtual Telescope Zooms in on Milky Way's Black Hole
    • Posted on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST New Virtual Telescope Zooms in on Milky Way's Black Hole09.03.08 - New Virtual Telescope Zooms in on Milky Way's Black Hole
      An international team, led by astronomers at the MIT Haystack Observatory, has obtained the closest views ever of what is believed to be a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.


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