News tagged with solar orbiter
Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st (Update 2)
The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Some orbits more popular than others in solar systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- In young solar systems emerging around baby stars, some orbits are more popular than others, resulting in “planet pile-ups” and “planet deserts."
Mar 19, 2012 |
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IBEX spacecraft measures 'alien' particles from outside solar system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, an international team of researchers has measured neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Research group proposes first system for assessing the odds of life on other worlds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Within the next few years, the number of planets discovered in orbits around distant stars will likely reach several thousand or more. But even as our list of these newly discovered "exoplanets" ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Giant planet ejected from the solar system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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'Darkest' world enlightens astronomers about mysterious light-gobbling planet
(PhysOrg.com) -- A giant Jupiter-like gas planet has been revealed to be the most light-thirsty object in the known universe -- a finding that may help astronomers better understand a mysterious characteristic ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Kepler's astounding haul of multiple-planet systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Kepler spacecraft is proving itself to be a prolific planet hunter. Within just the first four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planetary candidates. ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Flipping hot Jupiters: Why some planets orbit the wrong way
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last few years astronomers have observed that in some extrasolar systems the star is spinning one way and the planet, a "hot Jupiter," is orbiting the star in the opposite direction. ...
May 11, 2011 |
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Many famous comets originally formed in other solar systems
Many of the most well known comets, including Halley, Hale-Bopp and, most recently, McNaught, may have been born in orbit around other stars, according to a new theory by an international team of astronomers ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Phoenix Mars Lander is Silent, New Image Shows Damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows signs ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2010 |
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Mars Orbiter Puts Itself into Precautionary Mode
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter unexpectedly rebooted its computer Monday morning, Feb. 23, and put itself into a limited-activity mode that is an automated safety response.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Capturing planets
(Phys.org) -- The discovery of planets around other stars has led to the realization that alien solar systems often have bizarre features - at least they seem bizarre to us because they were so unexpected. ...
May 22, 2012 |
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NASA survey counts potentially hazardous asteroids
(Phys.org) -- Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2012 |
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Space weather expert has ominous forecast
A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 08, 2012 |
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Cassini finds Saturn moon Phoebe has planet-like qualities
(Phys.org) -- Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2012 |
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