Curiosity Mars rover explores a changing landscape
A new video rings in the rover's ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity's location on a Martian mountain.
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Astronomers find a 'break' in one of the Milky Way's spiral arms
Scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way's spiral arms like a splinter poking out from ...
Astronomy
Aug 17, 2021
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Only slight chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth: NASA
An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within half the distance of the Earth to the Moon in the year 2135 but the probability of an impact with our planet in the coming centuries is very slight, scientists said Wednesday.
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Aug 11, 2021
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Mars rover comes up empty in 1st try at getting rock sample
NASA's newest Mars rover came up empty Friday in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 7, 2021
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Forest fires rage in Greece, threaten Olympics birthplace
One of the major forest fires burning in Greece amid a protracted heat wave threatened the archaeological site at the birthplace of the modern Olympics as the Greek military prepared Thursday to increase its involvement in ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2021
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Militaries plunder science fiction for technology ideas, but turn a blind eye to the genre's social commentary
Military planning is a complicated endeavor, calling upon experts in logistics and infrastructure to predict resource availability and technological advancements. Long-range military planning, deciding what to invest in now ...
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Video: European Robotic Arm ready for space
The European Robotic Arm (ERA) will be launched to the International Space Station together with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, called 'Nauka'. ERA is the first robot able to 'walk' around the Russian segment ...
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2021
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Chinese astronauts make first spacewalk outside new station
Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China's new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2021
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Fire ants found to create 'appendages' on self-made rafts when put in water
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado has found that fire ants can create 'appendages' on the rafts they make out of their own bodies when they find themselves in water. In their paper published in the Journal ...
Space embrace: Astronauts and robots work together to service the ISS
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity's only outpost in space, this obedience has turned into ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2021
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