About the poles of Mars:
Read "A tale of two ice caps" from the © Macmillan Magazines Ltd 2000 - NATURE NEWS SERVICE

VIKING STEREO IMAGES GIVE US FIRST 3-D VIEW OF THE SOUTH POLE OF MARS
Go see what did P.M. Schenk (schenk@lpi.usra.edu), from The Lunar & Planetary Institute & J.M. Moore (jmoore@mail.arc.nasa.gov), From The NASA Ames Research Center, found...

"Mars Polar lander - Searching for water on mars", The mission, The goals, Images & more...

Images from the polar fly-over visualization, From

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About the increasing hazard of space junk:
Steve Olson the author of "Shaping the Future: Biological Research and Human Values" (1989), gives us a glance, about what are we talking about. The article been brought to you, from The Atlantic.
More about "our" issue... Check:
Orbital Debris Research at JSC - NASA - Johnson Space Center. Discover more at NASA JSC White Sands Test Facility.
Introduction to Space Debris, The European Space agency describes its investigation into the risks posed by space debris.
"When is a Planet Not a Planet?", by David H. Freedman (February, 1998) Arguments for and against demoting Pluto.

Hubble Finds Mysterious Ring Structure around Supernova 1987A (PR94-22 May 19, 1994).
"The Hubble Constant", is a number for how fast the universe is expanding & is the most important numbers in cosmology because it is needed to estimate the size and age of the Universe". You can find there more valuable links such as fascinating Pictures from The "Space Telescope Science Institute", Operated for NASA and AURA

A computer image of 216 Kleopatra's shape, Will bring you to Discover the cosmos ! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

Check Andrew T. Young's Sunsets Photographs, showing green flashes & his Article about it.
And more, from Discover the cosmos .
The "StarDate OnLine" By The University of Texas McDonald Observatory, have more about this green flash...

The Gemini Project is an international partnership that will result in two 8.1-meter telescopes (each telescope has a main mirror over 26 feet across.) One telescope is located on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, and the other on Chile's Cerro Pachón. The name Gemini comes from the mythological twins, whose stars will be visible to both telescopes.
Take a virtual tour of the Mauna Kea observatories.

More about PSA (Personal Satellite Assistant) robot, read the article from Explorezone.com. Also check:
Computational Sciences Division NASA AMES Research Center, And AMES Research Center for Information Technology.

Our galaxy has an abundant variety of stars.
Read Chapter 1, "Welcome to the Milky Way", From the book "THE ALCHEMY OF THE HEAVENS" by Ken Closwell.

More about the Oort Cloud:
From, The Regents of the University of Michigan, check: "Where do comets come from?"

Read Observational Astronomer Dr. Schombert's Article

"Far beyond the orbit of Neptune, nearly halfway to the nearest stars, our solar system is surrounded by a vast spherical reservoir of comets known as the Oort cloud..." ( "Perturbing the Oort Cloud" by Michael Szpir)

"The Kuiper Belt and The Oort Cloud",by the interesting gentelman Bill Arnett