Storm the size of a planet NASA's Cassini spacecraft has
spotteda gigantic storm two-thirds the size of Earth.
Fortunately, the 8000-kilometre-wide storm is raging on Saturn's
south pole. It is the first storm seen in the solar system,
other than on Earth, that has a well-defined wall of towering
clouds ringing a dark eye. Mars probe calls time Maybe it
decided enough was enough. Sent on a two-year mission 10 years
ago, the Mars Global Surveyor worked valiantly overtime, sending
back more information about Mars than all earlier missions
combined. NASA lost contact with the probe on 5 November. Its
last signal indicated that it had entered a "safe" mode and was
awaiting instructions from Earth. An anti-obesity vaccine has
been abandoned following disappointing results in humans. The
vaccine, developed by Cytos Biotechnology of Zurich,
Switzerland, was meant to stimulate production of antibodies
that would mop up ghrelin, ... To continue reading this article,
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