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Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at ...
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Oct 06, 2009 |
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Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth
During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million ...
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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Breakup event in the main asteroid belt likely caused dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago
The impactor believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs and other life forms on Earth some 65 million years ago has been traced back to a breakup event in the main asteroid belt.
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Sep 05, 2007 |
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Astronomers discover strange new planet
U.S. astronomers have discovered a planet unlike any other known in the universe. Smithsonian scientists say the new planet was discovered using a network of small automated telescopes known as HATl. The planet ...
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Sep 14, 2006 |
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Cuneiform clay tablet translated for the first time
A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at Köfels, ...
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Mar 31, 2008 |
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Scientists confirm that parts of earliest genetic material may have come from the stars
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June ...
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Jun 13, 2008 |
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Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Martian Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced ...
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Jul 31, 2008 |
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Space Shuttle Replacement
It’s no secret that NASA needs a replacement for the aging STS – Space Transport System – or more commonly, the Space Shuttle. In fact, many scientists – including some of the most prestigious organizations ...
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Apr 28, 2006 |
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Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon.
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Oct 09, 2008 |
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MRO Sees Rover from Orbit
With stunningly powerful vision, the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a remarkable picture that shows the exploration rover Opportunity poised on the rim of Victoria crater on Mars.
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Oct 06, 2006 |
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A Giant Trilobite on the Sun
"We've never seen anything quite like it," says solar physicist Lika Guhathakurta from NASA headquarters.
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Sep 19, 2007 |
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One giant leap for space fashion -- MIT designs sleek, skintight spacesuit
In the 40 years that humans have been traveling into space, the suits they wear have changed very little. The bulky, gas-pressurized outfits give astronauts a bubble of protection, but their significant mass ...
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Jul 16, 2007 |
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Moon water discovered: Dampens Moon-formation theory
Using new techniques, scientists have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain water. The researchers found that, contrary to ...
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Jul 09, 2008 |
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Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars
A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.
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Feb 26, 2010 |
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Possible Signs of Liquid Water Flowing on Mars
NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years.
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Dec 06, 2006 |
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