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Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock

17 May 2013, 18:45 UTC NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.

ESA Top News

Proba-V opens its eyes

17 May 2013, 12:00 UTC Earth watcher Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Press Releases

[release] SHIZUKU (GCOM-W1) to Provide Earth's Physical Quantity Products

17 May 2013, 04:30 UTC The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has started offering eight kinds of products whose phy

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

Galaxy's Ring of Fire

16 May 2013, 20:34 UTC This galaxy's ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record

16 May 2013, 20:00 UTC NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Cubesat Berth Awarded to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements

16 May 2013, 18:45 UTC A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's last frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

NASA Helps Pinpoint Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise

16 May 2013, 18:36 UTC A new study of glaciers worldwide from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.

NASA Breaking News

NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development

16 May 2013, 17:00 UTC NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.

ESA Top News

First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing

16 May 2013, 13:07 UTC The first satellite of Galileo’s next phase has arrived at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch.

ESA Top News

Next destination: space

16 May 2013, 10:43 UTC ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano left for Baikonur, Kazakhstan today, his last stop before heading to the International Space Station on 28 May.

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17 May 2013
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... JPL: Galaxy's Ring of Fire This ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
- 19:00 UTC NAOJ Top News Science Results - Subaru Telescope Observations and the C... A team of astronomers has found the farthest known solar twin in the Milky Way Galaxy-- CoRoT Sol 1, which has about the same mass and chemical composition as the ...
- 18:45 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by ...
- 17:00 UTC Stony Brook Astrono... Dr. Deng Wei Donates $1 Million for Endowed Chair in Phys... Stony Brook University received a $1 million donation from Dr. Deng Wei to establish the Yang Chen Ning – Deng Wei Endowed Chair in Physics and Astronomy. The gift was ...
- 14:40 UTC Royal Astronomical ... Annual Reports archive Each year the Council of the RAS (index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=192&layout=blog&Itemid=184) produces an Annual Report, which summarises the society's activity during the previous calendar year. The report is presented to the next Annual ...
- 12:00 UTC ESA Top News Proba-V opens its eyes Earth watcher Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France.
- 09:41 UTC ESA Top News Week In Images Our week through the lens: 13-17 May 2013
- 04:30 UTC Japan Aerospace Exp... [release] SHIZUKU (GCOM-W1) to Provide Earth's Physical Q... The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has started offering eight kinds of products whose phy
- 00:56 UTC Science@NASA Bright Explosion on the Moon NASA researchers who monitor the Moon for meteoroid impacts have detected the brightest explosion in the history of their program. It was caused by a small boulder-sized meteoroid hitting the ...
16 May 2013
- 20:34 UTC NASA's Spitzer Spac... Galaxy's Ring of Fire This galaxy's ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
- 20:11 UTC Johns Hopkins Unive... Johns Hopkins APL Plays Key Role in Test of Second-Genera... Today, engineers from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., contributed to the successful test of a system critical to the U.S. effort to protect against ...
- 20:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Galaxy's Ring of Fire This ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.
- 18:45 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Cubesat Berth Awarded to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Me... A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's last frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget.
- 18:36 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Helps Pinpoint Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise A new study of glaciers worldwide from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.
- 17:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Developm... NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
- 13:07 UTC ESA Top News First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space test... The first satellite of Galileo’s next phase has arrived at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch.
- 10:43 UTC ESA Top News Next destination: space ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano left for Baikonur, Kazakhstan today, his last stop before heading to the International Space Station on 28 May.
- 08:28 UTC ESA Top News Earth from Space Join us Friday, 17 May, at 10:00 CEST for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Extends Environmental Testing and Integration Servic... NASA has extended a contract with Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., for Environmental Testing and Integration Services at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
15 May 2013
- 20:56 UTC NASA: Kepler News a... Kepler Mission Manager Update At our semi-weekly contact on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, we found the Kepler spacecraft once again in safe mode.
- 20:52 UTC Planetary Society P... The Planetary Society Announces Conditional Support of NA... The Planetary Society conditionally supports NASA's plan to capture a small asteroid and place it in lunar orbit. The mission spurs investment in technologies crucial to solar system exploration, such ...
- 20:11 UTC Johns Hopkins Unive... Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn's... Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in ...
- 19:15 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA Seeks High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Capabil... NASA and the Air Force are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions.
- 19:10 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Activity Continues On the Sun Active region 1748 has fired off another X-class solar flare, its fourth since rotating into Earth view on May 13, 2013. It is not Earth-directed but did include a coronal ...
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Th... Asteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern).
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Webb Undergoes 'Eye Surgery' in the Goddard clean room engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope.
- 18:55 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year.
- 18:14 UTC NASA: Kepler News a... NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference Today NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope.
- 17:46 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft to map the highs and lows of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
- 17:20 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power.
- 16:42 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... ARTEMIS Detects New Sources of Lunar Pickup Ions in Geoma... NLSI's DREAM team scientists identified new sources of lunar pickup ions using ARTEMIS in the geomagnetic tail A cartoon of the dynamics of lunar pick-up ions in the terrestrial magnetotail ...
- 14:01 UTC Royal Astronomical ... Applications invited for Tomkins grants and prizes in ins... The RAS invites applications for a new series of grants and prizes for student involvement in instrumentation, in both astronomy and geophysics. Funded by a generous donation from the Patricia ...
- 10:13 UTC Science and Technol... Why do you love science? Our Daresbury Laboratory is asking Year 9 students to tell us their answers! In the 2013 School Science Prize, students must write 500 words on 'Why I love Science'.
- 10:00 UTC ESO Top News Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming ...
- 10:00 UTC Universe Awareness ... The Universe is a Cool Place! The Universe is a pretty cool place. If you hopped on a tour bus for a complete tour of the cosmos, it would take you past a number of “hot” ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... LDCM Arrives in Final Orbit The Landsat Data Continuity Mission offers a look at Earth from space with a crisper view than our eyes alone would be capable of.
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser Testing Begins at ... Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Wednesday to begin tests of its flight and runway landing ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... New Capability Expands Communication A new communications upgrade paves the way for the ability of the crew and scientists to perform more hours of research every day.
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... 'NASA 360' Episode Wins Telly Awards An episode of "NASA 360" showcasing a Centennial Challenges robotics competition has received two Telly Awards.
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Deputy Administrator Tours NASA's Northeast Ohio Faciliti... Media representatives are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver as she visits the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Thursday, May 16 and tours facilities advancing future ...
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... O3b Networks' initial satellite is fueled for Arianespace... The first Arianespace Soyuz mission for O3b Networks has moved into its next phase of preparations at the Spaceport, as fueling is now underway with the global satellite services provider's ...
14 May 2013
- 22:53 UTC Arianespace Press R... ATV Albert Einstein is installed on its Ariane 5 launcher... Arianespace marked one of the final steps in preparations for the next Ariane 5 launch as Europe’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was integrated atop the heavy-lift workhorse at the ...
- 20:53 UTC NASA's Spitzer Spac... NASA Develops Key to Cosmic Carbon's Molecular Evolution Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., now have the capability to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon. For the first time, these scientists are able ...
- 19:07 UTC Canadian Space Agen... Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield First News... Longueuil, Quebec, May 14, 2013 – Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield will be answering questions from media representatives on May 16 live via videoconference from Houston.
- 16:15 UTC Science and Technol... Nuclear physicists measure properties of the rarest eleme... Nuclear physicists at the ISOLDE radioactive-beam facility at CERN, including a number from the universities of York and Manchester, have for the first time measured the radioactive properties of astatine, ...
- 16:00 UTC CERN Physicists at CERN measure a fundamental property of the ... An international team of physicists at the radioactive-beam facility ISOLDE at CERN1 have for the first time measured the ionization potential of the rare radioactive element astatine2. The value for ...
- 15:43 UTC ESA Top News Smart farming Technology image of the week: Steer tractors with centimetre-accuracy to improve farming and the environment