http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/rssnews.asp Astronomers of the Future | News A Nasa spacecraft has found further tantalising evidence for the existence of water ice at Mercury's poles. Though surface temperatures can soar above 400C, some craters at Mercury's po http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=43332 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=43332 22 March 2012 The pairing of Jupiter and Venus in the sky is set to reach its closest point in the coming days. Despite being vastly far from one another in space, the conjunction will make them appear just http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=42986 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=42986 12 March 2012 A Nasa spacecraft has detected oxygen around one of Saturn's icy moons, Dione. The discovery supports a theory that suggests all of the moons near Saturn and Jupiter might have oxygen aroun http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=42697 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=42697 02 March 2012 Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere. The exoplanet GJ 1214b is a so-called "Super Earth" - bigger than our http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=42427 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=42427 22 February 2012 Our planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since 2005, scientists say. The charged particles are mostly a concern for satellites - which they http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41682 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41682 24 January 2012 NEOShield is a new international project that will assess the threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEO) and look at the best possible solutions for dealing with a big asteroid or comet on a collisio http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41578 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41578 20 January 2012 The largest distant galaxy cluster has been spotted by astronomers using a telescope in Chile. Galaxy clusters are the largest stable structures in our Universe. Seven billion light years a http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41325 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41325 11 January 2012 The Pentagon's premiere research agency has chosen a former astronaut to lead a foundation that is designed to take humanity to the stars. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Dar http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41180 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41180 06 January 2012 The number of "eyes" scanning the universe in search of a particle that could shed light on our universe's formation is about to multiply. High-energy cosmic neutrinos are only ab http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41156 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=41156 05 January 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11181567 By Katia Moskvitch Science reporter, BBC News Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=29575 http://www.astronomersofthefuture.net/news.asp?id=29575 04 September 2010