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Data mining deep space
Bahram Mobasher, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Riverside, has received a two-year $200,000 grant from NASA to compile into a data bank all the imaging observations of ...
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Mar 29, 2012 |
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A star explodes, turns inside-out
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the supernova that disrupted the massive star may have turned it inside out in the process. Using very long observations ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Icy Moons through Cassini's Eyes
(PhysOrg.com) -- These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione were taken on March 27 and 28, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Mar 29, 2012 |
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Amazon CEO plans to raise sunken Apollo 11 engines
(AP) -- Long before Jeff Bezos became an Internet mogul, he was enthralled by the mysteries of space.
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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Fossil raindrop impressions imply greenhouse gases loaded early Earth's atmosphere
In ancient Earth history, the sun burned as much as 30 percent dimmer than it does now. Theoretically that should have encased the planet in ice, but there is geologic evidence for rivers and ocean sediments ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Is it snowing microbes on Enceladus?
There's a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn's rings that's full of promise, and maybe -- just maybe -- microbes.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2012 |
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TWINS/IBEX spacecraft observed impact of powerful solar storm from inside and outside Earth's magnetosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, instrumentation aboard two NASA missions operating from complementary vantage points watched as a powerful solar storm spewed a two million-mile-per-hour stream of charged ...
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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Flying formation - around the moon at 3,600 MPH
(PhysOrg.com) -- The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation, as well as just about any organized air show. But as ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Cassini makes simultaneous measurements of Saturn's nightside aurora and electric current system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the NASA / ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, astronomers and space scientists have been able to study the ringed planet and its moons in great detail. Now, for ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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Space Image: Cygnus Loop Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wispy tendrils of hot dust and gas glow brightly in this ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop Nebula, taken by NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Mars-bound Curiosity craft adjusts path, tests instruments
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, halfway to Mars, adjusted its flight path today for delivery of the one-ton rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars in August.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2012 |
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NASA launches suborbital rockets from Virginia
Milky white chemical clouds were briefly visible in much of the night sky along the Eastern seaboard on Tuesday after NASA launched a series of rockets to study the jet stream at the edge of the earth's atmosphere.
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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ISS crew takes shelter to avoid passing space junk
A piece of an old Russian satellite whizzed by the International Space Station on Saturday, forcing its six-member crew to temporarily take shelter in two Soyuz escape capsules, officials said.
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Mar 24, 2012 |
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NASA GRAIL returns first student-selected moon images
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of two NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back the first student-requested pictures of the lunar surface from its onboard camera. Fourth grade students from the Emily Dickinson ...
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Mar 23, 2012 |
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Cloudy skies delay Va. suborbital rocket launches
(AP) -- The launch of five suborbital rockets from Virginia's coast is being rescheduled again.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2012 |
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