Snipperts from the Astronomical Press

NASA Press Release: 99-65

HUBBLE COMPLETES EIGHT-YEAR EFFORT TO MEASURE EXPANDING UNIVERSE

The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project Team today announced that it has completed efforts to measure precise distances to far flung galaxies, an essential ingredient needed to determine the age, size and fate of the universe.

NASA Press Release: 99-66

FIRST GLOBAL 3-D VIEW OF MARS REVEALS DEEP BASIN AND PATHWAYS
FOR WATER FLOW

An impact basin deep enough to swallow Mount Everest and surprising slopes in Valles Marineris highlight a global map of Mars that will influence scientific understanding of the red planet for years.

NASA Press Release
June 2, 1999

CHLORINE DISCOVERY NEAR JUPITER MOON HINTS AT SALT PRESENCE ON SURFACE

The recent discovery of chlorine above Io, a moon of Jupiter, indicates the odd object may hold common table salt, according to two University of Colorado at Boulder scientists. Prior to the discovery of chlorine, the only elements observed escaping from Io's atmosphere were sulfur, oxygen, sodium and potassium.