[Monday, October 1, 2007] Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully taken high definition moving images through the KAGUYA (SELENE) for the first time.

[Tuesday, October 2, 2007] . A new study appearing this month in Genome Research reveals that protein architectures - the three-dimensional structures of specific regions within proteins - provide an extraordinary window on the history of life.

[Tuesday, October 2, 2007] A new NASA-led study found a 23-percent loss in the extent of the Arctic's thick, year-round sea ice cover during the past two winters.

[Tuesday, October 2, 2007] "We have become increasingly concerned that VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite), the ocean color sensor on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) mission, will be incapable of providing imagery for climate science applications."

[Wednesday, October 3, 2007] An Earth-like planet is likely forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766, say astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

[Wednesday, October 3, 2007] NASA's Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for launching of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission.

[Wednesday, October 3, 2007] "What a lot of people don’t realize is that some of the agency’s most important and interesting work is focused right here on Earth."

[Saturday, October 6, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Tuesday, October 9, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Tuesday, October 9, 2007] Two NSF-funded scientists, a U.S. Antarctic Program glaciologist and a recipient of the national Medal of Science, will receive the Lowell Thomas Award from the New York-based Explorers Club on Oct. 18.

[Friday, October 12, 2007] This report reviews options to recover measurement capabilities, especially those related to climate research, that were lost as a result of the Nunn-McCurdy actions and the cancellation of the HES sensor on GOES-R.

[Friday, October 12, 2007] In research that could aid decisions about future asteroids on a collision course with Earth, MIT researchers have for the first time determined the composition of a near-Earth asteroid that has a very slight possibility of someday hitting our planet.

[Friday, October 12, 2007] The human face of the exploration of Earth's polar regions is coming to science centers and museums across the United States.

[Monday, October 15, 2007] The search for habitable planets like Earth around other stars fulfils an ancient imperative to understand our origins and place in the cosmos. The past decade has seen the discovery of hundreds of planets, but nearly all are gas giants.

[Tuesday, October 16, 2007] NASA has launched a user-friendly Web site designed to connect media with Earth science experts from across the agency.

[Wednesday, October 17, 2007] ESA has been invited to participate in the exhibition 'Planet Earth: from Space to Place' organised by UNESCO, during its General Conference, starting this week in Paris.

[Wednesday, October 17, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Friday, October 19, 2007] With this amendment, the NASA Announcement of Opportunity NNH07ZDA003O, "Explorer Program: Small Explorers (SMEX) and Missions of Opportunity," now includes a Focused Opportunity for Solar Orbiter (FOSO).

[Friday, October 19, 2007] This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisat’s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument, shows the breaking away of a giant iceberg from the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.

[Friday, October 19, 2007] Fires in East Falkland Island in the South Atlantic Ocean are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.

[Monday, October 22, 2007] A team of scientists has found that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) growth has increased 35 percent faster than expected since 2000. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

[Monday, October 22, 2007] With their vantage point from space, satellites are the only way to carry out effective global measurements of air-polluting emissions and their transboundary movement.

[Monday, October 22, 2007] Scientists have fully mapped convection cells in Earth's magnetic field for the first time using Cluster data. Results show that the behaviour of the cells is heavily linked to solar activity.

[Monday, October 22, 2007] Images from NASA satellites illustrate how quickly wildfires have spread throughout Southern California. Powerful Santa Ana winds have fueled more than 10 large wildfires stretching from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

[Wednesday, October 24, 2007] NOAA has made progress in planning its GOES-R procurement--which is estimated to cost $7 billion and scheduled to have the first satellite ready for launch in 2014--but cost and schedules are likely to grow.

[Wednesday, October 24, 2007] Weekly update from the NASA Earth Observatory website.

[Wednesday, October 24, 2007] The due dates for proposals submitted to two programs, the Earth Surface and Interior program element and the EarthScope: The InSAR and Geodetic Imaging Component program element in ROSES-2007, have been changed

[Wednesday, October 24, 2007] A team of six scientists and Arctic residents will discuss personal stories about conducting research and daily life at the Earth's poles, supported by dramatic high-definition video footage and Internet resources.

[Thursday, October 25, 2007] Seismologists in recent years have recast their understanding of the inner workings of Earth from a relatively benign homogeneous environment to one that is highly dynamic and chemically diverse.

[Friday, October 26, 2007] Minister Prentice emphasized that this new satellite represents powerful state-of-the-art technology that will enhance Canada's ability to protect Canadian sovereignty in the Far North.