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  Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2017 Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-like channels in its surface billions of years ago, according to a new study published in Icarus. In the paper, researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory show that changes in the atmosphere on Mars made it rain harder and harder, which had a similar effect on the planet's surface as we see on Earth. The fourth planet from the sun, Mars has geological features ... read more |
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Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley's OriginPasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2017 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the main destination of its current two-year extended mission - an ancient fluid-carved valley incised on the inner slope of a vast crater's rim ... more 
Ancient Mars impacts created tornado-like winds that scoured surfaceProvidence RI (SPX) May 12, 2017 In looking at NASA images of Mars a few years ago, Brown University geologist Peter Schultz noticed sets of strange bright streaks emanating from a few large-impact craters on the planet's surface. ... more 
Opportunity Reaches 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) May 12, 2017 Opportunity has arrived at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The next step on Sol 4720 (May 4, 2017), was a short approach of 39 feet (12 meters) to the northern ... more 
Seasonal Flows in Valles MarinerisPasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2017 Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are seasonal flows on warm slopes, and are especially common in central and eastern Valles Marineris, as seen in this observation by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ( ... more |
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NASA Rover Curiosity Samples Active Linear Dune on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017 As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the rover's investigation of those dunes. ... more 
Is Anything Tough Enough to Survive on MarsFayetteville, AR (SPX) May 04, 2017 Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently took a step toward answering a question for the ages: Is there life on Mars? Answer: they can't rule it out. Two recent publications suggest ... more 
Japan aims to uncover how moons of Mars formedTokyo, Japan (The Conversation) May 03, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced a mission to visit the two moons of Mars and return a rock sample to Earth. It's a plan to uncover both the mystery of the moons' creation ... more 
Several drives put opportunity closer to 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017 Opportunity is continuing the drive south to "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, and is now only about 262 feet (80 meters) away. On Sol 4706 (April 19, 2017), she drove abou ... more 
How Old are Martian GulliesPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017 Gullies eroded into the steep inner slope of an impact crater at this location appear perfectly pristine in this image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Although at first glance ... more 
Engineers investigate simple, no-bake recipe to make bricks on MarsSan Diego CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017 Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet's red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients. Instead, they would just need to apply pressure ... more |
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NASA spacesuits over budget, tight on timeline: auditMiami (AFP) April 26, 2017 The United States is in a hurry to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but a key question remains for these deep space explorers: what will they wear? ... more 
SwRI-led team discovers lull in Mars' giant impact historyBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 From the earliest days of our solar system's history, collisions between astronomical objects have shaped the planets and changed the course of their evolution. Studying the early bombardment histor ... more 
Danish Martian Experts Get Their Hands on a Piece of 'Black Beauty'Copenhagen (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 Humans have yet to set foot on Mars, but meteorites have been, by far, the most frequent visitors from outer space on Earth. Recently, one which has been dubbed "Black Beauty" landed in the hands of ... more 
New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One SitePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2017 A new observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures the landing platform that the rover Opportunity left behind in Eagle Crater more than 13 years and 27 miles (or 44 kilometers ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017 
If you could fly a CubeSat to the Moon, what could such a tiny satellite do there? ESA posed this question - and now four proposals will be studied in more detail for possible flight over the coming decade.
These miniature missions variously involve probing lunar radiation, surveying the radio sky over the far side of the Moon, mapping minerals and frozen gases within shadowed craters, and ... more Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat  Tempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2017 
While it remains unclear exactly how long China's first lunar explorers will spend on the surface, the country is already planning for longer stays.
Eight Chinese volunteers will live in "Yuegong-1," a simulated space "cabin" in Beijing for the next year, strengthening China's knowledge and technical know-how, and helping the country's scientists understand exactly what will be required fo ... more Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020  Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2017 
NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres' surface. Mission specialists had carefully maneuvered Dawn into a special orbit so that the spacecraft could view Occator Crater, which contains the brightest area of Ceres, from this new perspective.
A new movie shows these opposition images, with ... more El Segundo CA (SPX) May 16, 2017The Aerospace Corporation leads Asteroid Impact Exercise at IAA in Tokyo  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 16, 2017Twisting an Asteroid  Ithaca NY (SPX) May 15, 2017Oldest buckthorn fossilized flowers found in Argentina |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 11, 2017 
Taking advantage of a rare orbital alignment between two of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa, researchers have obtained an exceptionally detailed map of the largest lava lake on Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. On March 8, 2015, Europa passed in front of Io, gradually blocking out light from the volcanic moon. Because Europa's surface is coated in water ice, it reflects v ... more Washington DC (Sputnik) May 08, 2017Not So Great Anymore: Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinks to Smallest Size Ever  Boulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2017The PI's Perspective: No Sleeping Back on Earth!  Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2017 
A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings on April 26.
The movie comprises one hour of observations as the spacecraft moved southward over Saturn. It begins with a view of the swirling vortex at the planet's north pole, then heads past the out ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn  Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Saturn spacecraft toting CU Boulder instrument starts swan song  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 28, 2017NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings |
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A team of NASA scientists and engineers now believes it can leverage recent advances in a greenhouse-detecting instrument to build the world's first space-based sodium lidar to study Earth's poorly understood mesosphere.
Scientist Diego Janches and laser experts Mike Krainak and Tony Yu, all of whom work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are leading a research-a ... more New Haven, CT (SPX) May 15, 2017In measuring gas exchange between water and air, size matters  Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017How satellite data led to a breakthrough for Lake Erie toxic algal blooms  Cleveland OH (SPX) May 16, 2017Researchers apply data science to better predict effect of weather and other conditions |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 17, 2017 
While preparing for the 200th spacewalk on the International Space Station, the crew members in orbit performed the latest harvest of vegetables grown in space. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer collected the latest crop of Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage for the Veg-03 investigation.
Some of this was consumed at meal-time, and the rest sealed for analysis back on Earth. Understanding how plants re ... more Miami (AFP) May 12, 2017'Awesomesauce,' proclaims US astronaut on historic spacewalk  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) May 15, 2017Six-legged livestock - sustainable food production  Houston TX (SPX) May 09, 2017External commercial ISS platform starts second mission |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 15, 2017 
A study combining observations from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. Located about 437 light-years away, HAT-P-26b orbits a star roughly twice as old as the Sun.
The analysis is one of the most detailed studies to date of a "warm Neptune," or a planet that is Nept ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) May 16, 2017Variable Winds on Hot Giant Exoplanet Help Study of Magnetic Field  Exeter UK (SPX) May 15, 2017Primitive Atmosphere Found Around 'Warm Neptune'  Bethlehem PA (SPX) May 16, 2017New 'styrofoam' planet provides tools in search for habitable planets |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) May 11, 2017 
Airbus has launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, named Airbus Aerial, at the AUVSI Xponential tradeshow and conference in Dallas. With bases both in the U.S. and in Europe, Airbus Aerial's initial business will focus on developing new imagery services. These services will leverage the best software and aerospace technology from across the globe to offer action ... more London (AFP) May 16, 2017UK prison moves to stop drone deliveries of contraband  Taurene, Latvia (AFP) May 12, 2017Latvian daredevil in 'drone-diving' world first  Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017U.S. Army awards contract for extended range drone |
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 Durham NH (SPX) May 16, 2017 
The challenge of predicting space weather, which can cause issues with telecommunications and other satellite operations on Earth, requires a detailed understanding of the solar wind (a stream of charged particles released from the sun) and sophisticated computer simulations.
Research done at the University of New Hampshire has found that when choosing the right model to describe the solar ... more Goddard Space Flight CenterSpace weather model simulates solar storms from nowhere  San Antonio TX (SPX) May 05, 2017RAISE Spectrograph to Help Answer Some of the Mysteries of the Sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 05, 2017NASA-funded sounding rocket will take 1,500 images of sun in 5 minutes |
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 Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 
Rocket Lab, the aerospace company whose mission is to create rocket launch platforms that are lightweight and efficient, will begin test flights of their signature Electron small-launch vehicle on May 21.
The launch will occur at the company's launch site on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. "We are all incredibly excited to get to this point," said Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) May 17, 2017ISRO to Launch GSLV Mark III, Its Heaviest Rocket Soon  Moscow (Sputnik) May 17, 2017Washington Still Has No Engine to Replace Russian-Made RD-180  Seoul (AFP) May 15, 2017N. Korea's 'new missile' has unprecedented range: experts |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 15, 2017 
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the unusual galaxy IRAS 06076-2139, found in the constellation Lepus (The Hare). Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instruments observed the galaxy from a distance of 500 million light-years.
This particular object stands out from the crowd by actually being composed of two separate galaxies ru ... more Lawrence KS (SPX) May 12, 2017Research increases distance at which supernova would spark mass extinctions on Earth  Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 15, 2017Mapping the Magnetic Bridge Between Our Nearest Galactic Neighbors  Menlo Park, CA (SPX) May 15, 2017Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2017 
Einstein's theory of gravity, also referred to as General Relativity, predicts that a rotating body such as the Earth partially drags inertial frames along with its rotation. In a study recently published in EPJ Plus, a group of scientists based in Italy suggests a novel approach to measuring what is referred to as frame dragging.
Angela Di Virgilio of the National Institute of Nuclear Phy ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster  Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Rare Brightening of Supernova's Light Found by Caltech's Palomar Observatory  Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technology |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 12, 2017 
Supermassive holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers recently hunted down what could be a supermassive black hole that may be on the move.
This possible renegade black hole, which contains about 160 million times the mass of our Sun, is located in an elliptic ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) May 12, 2017'Fire-streaks' are created in collisions of atomic nuclei  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) May 12, 2017Discovery in the Early Universe Poses Black Hole Growth Puzzle  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 16, 2017What drives the accelerating expansion of the universe |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2017 
Most human interactions with robots come from behind a screen. Whether it's fiction or a real-life interaction, rarely are we put face to face with a robot. This poses a significant barrier when we look towards a future where robots will be part of our everyday lives.
How do we break down this barrier? A recent study by researchers at the University of Koblenz-Landau, University of Wurzbur ... more Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 11, 20173-D-printed 'bionic skin' could give robots the sense of touch  Paris (AFP) May 11, 2017Robotic 'exoskeleton' prevents elderly falls: study  Washington (AFP) May 9, 2017Amazon's new Alexa speaker has a screen too |
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Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2017
While it remains unclear exactly how long China's first lunar explorers will spend on the surface, the country is already planning for longer stays.
Eight Chinese volunteers will live in "Yuegong-1," a simulated space "cabin" in Beijing for the next year, strengthening China's knowledge and technical know-how, and helping the country's scientists understand exactly what will be required fo ... moreBeijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity |
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