2008 Features :
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5/8/08 - Ulysses Team Recognized with International Award
The Ulysses mission operations team has won an international award for its outstanding contributions to the joint ESA/NASA observatory mission, now orbiting the poles of the sun.
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5/7/08 - Saturn Does the Wave in Upper Atmosphere
Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.
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5/6/08 - Mars Orbiter Eyes Dust Devils at Phoenix Landing Site
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an image of dust devils -- swirling dust storms -- near the landing site for the Mars Phoenix lander on the northern Martian plains.
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5/5/08 - Tropical Cyclone Nargis Rakes Burma
The tropical cyclone that devastated Burma over the weekend is seen in this infrared image from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. Areas in purple represent the high, cold cloud tops that make up the top of Nargis.
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5/5/08 - Santa Monica High Wins National Science Bowl
Santa Monica High School has won the National Science Bowl in Washington. This is the first time the winner of JPL's regional Science Bowl has also placed first in the national competition.
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5/2/08 - Titan's Smoggy Sand Grains
NASA scientist Jason Barnes says Titan and Earth have much in common, but not when it comes to sand.
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5/2/08 - All That Cassini Jazz
A musician has made music out of the eerie sounds around Saturn recorded by the Cassini spacecraft.
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5/2/08 - New Image Gallery Has an Eye for Beauty
JPL's new online Space Gallery captures the beauty of Earth, the solar system and the
universe in a single web site. Features include a scrollable image navigation and a toggle to see slide shows.
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4/30/08 - Jupiter's Shadow Sculpts Its Rings
Using data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, scientists have shown that Jupiter's shadow is shaping the planet's rings and the orbits of particles within the rings.
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4/29/08 - NASA Experiment Planned for European Mars Mission
NASA is funding work on an instrument that could check for biologically produced chemicals on Mars. The device may hitch a ride on Europe's 2013 ExoMars Rover mission.
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