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NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 A regional dust storm currently swelling on Mars follows unusually closely on one that blossomed less than two weeks earlier and is now dissipating, as seen in daily global weather monitoring by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Images from the orbiter's wide-angle Mars Color Imager (MARCI) show each storm growing in the Acidalia area of northern Mars, then blowing southward and exploding to sizes bigger than the United States after reaching the southern hemisphere. That development path is a co ... read more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 Opportunity is located just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, less than half a mile (700 meters) away from the next big science objective, a gully. The rover completed the last in-situ scie ... more ![]() ![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 In their GSA Bulletin article published online last week, Timothy A. Goudge and colleagues detail the clay mineralogy of sediment from Lake Towuti, Indonesia, using a technique called visible to nea ... more ![]() ![]() Lima, Peru (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme clim ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "Chin ... more |
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![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday. The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician ... more ![]() ![]() Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research on simulated Martian meteorites conducted, in part, at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laborato ... more ![]() ![]() Houston (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 An evolutionary biologist has suggested that human colonists on Mars could go through rapid evolution, eventually becoming an entirely new human species. Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist wit ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) space ... more ![]() ![]() Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Asteroids on the main belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter, move around the Sun in quasi circular orbits, so they do not undergo the temperature changes which, in comets, produce the characterist ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 China is likely to conduct its second Mars mission, aimed at collecting soil samples for analysis, by 2030, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). CASC con ... more |
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![]() ![]() Remnants of a mega-flood on Mars ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 NASA's goals for human deep space exploration are complex and ambitious. To maximize resources as it pushes the boundaries of exploration, the agency is exploring opportunities to take advantage of ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2017 Next week, the ExoMars orbiter will devote two days to making important calibration measurements at the Red Planet, which are needed for the science phase of the mission that will begin next year. T ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales ... more ![]() ![]() Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Mars' mantle may be more complicated than previously thought. In a new study published in the Nature-affiliated journal Scientific Reports, researchers at LSU document geochemical changes over time ... more |
![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor ![]() ![]() Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination ![]() ![]() India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief |
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![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes ![]() ![]() China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017 ![]() ![]() Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft |
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![]() Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station ![]() ![]() New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases ![]() ![]() Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper' ![]() ![]() Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter ![]() ![]() Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detail ![]() ![]() Cassini captures stunning view of Saturn moon Daphnis ![]() ![]() Catching Cassini's call |
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![]() Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts ![]() ![]() Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves ![]() ![]() NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite |
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![]() Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Campaign Tests Parachutes Designed to Provide Astronauts a Soft Landing ![]() ![]() Keeping Liquids Off the Wall ![]() ![]() Space Tourism and Business Looking Up |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kepler Provides Another Peek at Ultra-cool Neighbor ![]() ![]() Hunting for giant planet analogs in our own backyard ![]() ![]() Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar System |
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![]() Washington (AFP) March 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Leonardo subsidiary to buy laser technology company Daylight Solutions ![]() ![]() Kelvin Hughes launching counter-drone system ![]() ![]() Hughes to provide satellite communications for SkyGuardian drones |
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![]() Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions ![]() ![]() Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere ![]() ![]() First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite |
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![]() Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launch ![]() ![]() Europe launches fourth Earth monitoring satellite ![]() ![]() Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars |
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![]() Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Bevy of quasars boosts understanding of galaxies' origins ![]() ![]() Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellation ![]() ![]() Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation |
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![]() Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources ![]() ![]() New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects ![]() ![]() Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Researchers propose technique for measuring weak or nonexistent magnetic fields ![]() ![]() Magnetic fields at the crossroads ![]() ![]() NASA Wants to Create the Coolest Spot in the Universe |
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![]() Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalled ![]() ![]() Rafael completes test firing with Protector USV ![]() ![]() Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently |
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![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes ![]() ![]() China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017 ![]() ![]() Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft |
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