(Phys.org)—The American space program stands at the cusp of a "water rush" to the moon by several companies developing robotic prospectors for launch in the near future, according to a NASA scientist considering how to ...
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2012
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It's known that large quakes trigger smaller quakes hours later as the strong seismic waves pass through the Earth. USGS and UC Berkeley seismologists have now shown that at least some large quakes – strike-slip as opposed ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2012
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Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team, including Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, squeezed in a little extra target practice after zapping the first fist-sized rock that was placed ...
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2012
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Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth's orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles.
Space Exploration
Sep 5, 2011
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The asteroid 1999 RQ36 may not be a household name, but astronomers predict that in less than 200 years, it may make an unforgettable impact. According to radar and optical observations, the space rock, measuring some five ...
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2011
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What's it like to be on an alien planet? According to NASA, it could be pretty similar to a trip to the Grand Canyon.
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep inside Mars.
Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009
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It is difficult to emphasize the significance of the milestone surpassed by Nasa's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity.
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2024
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The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India's Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to ...
Space Exploration
Dec 27, 2023
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A new set of tools for astronomers and planetary explorers use interactive visual analytics and machine learning to reveal and contrast properties of objects in our galaxy.
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2023
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