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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
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.
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.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Press Releases
17 May 2013, 04:30 UTC
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has started offering eight kinds of products whose phy
[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
16 May 2013, 20:34 UTC
This galaxy's ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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 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.
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- 17 May 2013
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
JPL: Galaxy's Ring of Fire
This ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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09:41 UTC
ESA Top News
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 13-17 May 2013
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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
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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 ...
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
- 16 May 2013
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20:34 UTC
NASA's Spitzer Spac...
Galaxy's Ring of Fire
This galaxy's ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
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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 ...
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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.
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19:05 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Galaxy's Ring of Fire
This ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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NASA's Spitzer Spac...
- 15 May 2013
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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'.
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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 ...
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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” ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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NASA: Kepler News a...
- 14 May 2013
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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, ...
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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 ...
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15:43 UTC
ESA Top News
Smart farming
Technology image of the week: Steer tractors with centimetre-accuracy to improve farming and the environment
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Arianespace Press R...



