PASADENA, California, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Instead of a winter wonderland, the Red Planet's northern hemisphere goes through an active -- even explosive -- spring thaw. While New Year's Eve is around the corner here on Earth, Mars scientists are ahead of the game: The Red Planet completed a trip around the Sun on Nov. 12, 2024, prompting a few researchers to raise a toast. But the Martian year, which is 687 Earth days, ends in a very di  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Muslim civil rights and advocacy group calls on Fulton County District Attorney to expedite review of imam's conviction after 'credible and consistent' confessions by real shooter * * * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to urgently treat a medica  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- DarkSky International issued the following news release: Cottonwood Canyon State Park in Oregon has been officially certified as an International Dark Sky Park by DarkSky International. This recognition makes it Oregon's second state park to receive the certification and the sixth International Dark Sky Place. Other certified locations in Oregon include Prineville Reservoir, Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon Outback (Lake County), the town of Antelope, and Sunri  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Philanthropist and businesswoman Ginny L. Clements and her husband, manufacturing executive Tom Rogers, have each committed gifts of $1 million to the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson to create a new cardiovascular research institute. The Sarver Heart Center has set a goal to raise $75 million to build an institutionally designated cardiovascular research instit  more