News tagged with impact
The scars of impacts on Mars
ESA's Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by a train of projectiles ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2011 |
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All about addiction
Addiction is a brain disease that destroys lives, devastates families and tears at the very fabric of society. Effective prevention and treatment of addiction requires a clear understanding of the complex brain mechanisms ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Stardust flyby '1,000 percent successful'
In most cases, a Valentine's Day rendezvous that resembles a flight through artillery fire is less than ideal.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Waiter, there's metal in my moon water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bring a filter if you plan on drinking water from the moon. Water ice recently discovered in dust at the bottom of a crater near the moon's south pole is accompanied by metallic elements like ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Cellbond creates a pedestrian-friendly car bonnet designed to reduce head injury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cellbond, a division of Encocam Ltd that specializes in impact absorption technology, have teamed up with researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in order to develop and test a new pedestrian-friendly ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Image: Blue on Mars
This image shows part of the floor of Rabe Crater, a large impact crater in Mars' southern highlands.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Broader psychological impact of 2010 BP oil spill
The explosion and fire on a BP-licensed oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 had huge environmental and economic effects, with millions of gallons of oil leaking into the water for more than five months. It also ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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NASA releases images of man-made crater on comet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has a fragile and weak nucleus.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2011 |
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NASA spacecraft unravels comet mystery
A NASA spacecraft's flyby with a comet showed erosion on the Tempel 1's surface since it skimmed by the Sun in 2005, and revealed Tuesday the first clear pictures of the crater made by a Deep Impact probe.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Happy Valentine's Day from Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- An image taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a heart-shaped feature that the camera's team at Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, wants to share with ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2011 |
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NASA's Stardust spacecraft completes comet flyby, sending photos back to Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., watched as data downlinked from the Stardust spacecraft indicated it completed its closest approach with comet Tempel ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2011 |
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The two faces of Tempel 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just one year before its Feb. 14 encounter with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft performed the largest rocket burn of its extended life. With the spacecraft on the opposite side ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2011 |
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NASA craft readies for Valentine comet encounter
A NASA spacecraft is ready to get up close and personal with its comet sweetheart.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Five things about NASA's Valentine's day comet
Here are five facts you should know about NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft as it prepares for a Valentine's "date" with comet Tempel 1. Feel free to sing along!
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Stardust celebrates twelve years with rocket burn
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft marked its 12th anniversary in space on Monday, Feb. 7, with a rocket burn to further refine its path toward a Feb. 14 date with a comet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2011 |
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