[Friday, February 1, 2008] The Port of Suez is located in Egypt along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Suez. The port and city are the southern terminus of the Suez Canal that transits through Egypt and debouches into the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said.

[Friday, February 1, 2008] Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends. Scientists say air pollution from humans is likely driving that trend.

[Friday, February 1, 2008] The Bush Administration today announced its plans for a significant enhancement of the Nation's civil Earth observation capabilities.

[Sunday, February 3, 2008] A team of scientists has succeeded in reaching the summit of Antarctica  also a monumental achievement for ground-based astronomy -- to establish a new astronomical observatory at Dome Argus on the highest point of the Antarctic Plateau.

[Sunday, February 3, 2008] Engineers are starting to develop concepts for habitation modules that provide necessary protection and support in a package that's as light and compact as possible.

[Tuesday, February 5, 2008] In the Southern Ocean, large quantities of surface-drifting plankton algae are able to significantly reduce the carbon dioxide content of the surface waters, which can affect the global carbon dioxide cycle.

[Friday, February 8, 2008] Using the genetic equivalent of an ancient thermometer, a team of scientists has determined that the Earth endured a massive cooling period between 500 million and 3.5 billion years ago.

[Saturday, February 9, 2008] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Saturday, February 9, 2008] It's very flat, few rocks and actually a lot of ice in this case, he said during a presentation of the NASAbot to the McMurdo community. It's similar to Mars in that it'svery flat. You have different contour.

[Wednesday, February 13, 2008] A new method for predicting the approach and intensity of hazardous particles from extreme solar events that would threaten astronauts and technology in space is now in place.

[Wednesday, February 13, 2008] Scientists are now testing a new method that uses SOHO data to predict, in real-time, the approach and intensity of hazardous solar particles that would threaten astronauts and technology in space.

[Friday, February 15, 2008] " A little over a year ago, we asked the youth of the world to tell us what they think should happen within the next 50 years in regards to space."

[Friday, February 15, 2008] Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] NASA will hold a media teleconference on Friday, Feb. 29, at 11 a.m. EST, to discuss the innovative science that will be made possible by two new Earth science missions announced earlier this month.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Scientists have discovered Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) living and feeding down to depths of 3000 metres in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought to live only in the upper ocean.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, stoked by warming air temperatures, and fueling loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout the mass beneath.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth is published in Nature today

[Monday, February 25, 2008] More than 30 scientists will embark next week on a research mission to the Southern Ocean. Researchers will battle the elements to study how gases important to climate change move between the atmosphere and the ocean under high winds and seas.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Biology arose as a spontaneous development from the chemistry of the early Earth by Free Energy-driven processes that occurred in common environments involving significant populations of systems

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Recently, Supernova 2006gy was noted as the most luminous ever recorded, with a total radiated energy of 1044 Joules.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] The scenario of lithopanspermia describes the viable transport of microorganisms via meteorites.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Acetylene occurs, by photolysis of methane, in the atmospheres of jovian planets and Titan. In contrast, acetylene is only a trace component of Earth's current atmosphere.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Chemolithotrophic communities that colonize subsurface habitats have great relevance for the astrobiological exploration of our Solar System.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Structurally complex life and intelligence evolved late on Earth; models for the evolution of global temperature suggest that the future life span of the biosphere will be "only" about another billion years.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] Apparent cyanobacterial emergence at about 2.8 Gya coincides with the negative excursion in the organic carbon isotope record, which is the first strong evidence for the presence of atmospheric methane.

[Monday, February 25, 2008] In the event that an asteroid or comet would impact Earth and send rock fragments containing embedded microorganisms into space, at least some of those organisms might survive and reseed on Earth or another planetary surface able to support life.

[Tuesday, February 26, 2008] The hot nature of our planet's earliest days seems to be reflected in the tree of life - the most ancient branches are thermophiles, microbes that thrive in temperatures of 50 degrees C (122 F) or warmer.

[Tuesday, February 26, 2008] Modelling of the Earth's atmosphere has acquired economic importance due to its use in the prediction of ozone depletion and in measuring the impact of global warming.

[Tuesday, February 26, 2008] Perth, Australia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS).