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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to perform a walk-about survey above the valley. To start the walkabout, on Sol 4746 (May 31, 2017) Opportunity drove about 82 feet (24.9 meters) mostly south toward a chosen waypoint. Images for extensive panoramas were collected with the Navigation Camera (Navcam) and the Panoramic Camera (Pancam). On Sol 4748 (June 2, 2017), the rover took advantage of an opport ... read more |
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Window to a watery past on MarsParis (ESA) Jun 09, 2017 This 70 km-wide crater and its surrounds offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet. The scene, captured by ESA's Mars Express, is a composite of two images taken in March 2007 and Februa ... more 
NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity SamplesPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions ch ... more  
Pence hails new NASA astronauts as 'best of us'Miami (AFP) June 7, 2017 Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hailed 12 new NASA astronauts as "the best of us," after they were selected from a record-breaking pool of more than 18,000 applicants. ... more 
Opportunity Surveying the spillway into Perseverance ValleyPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to survey the valley from the top and to perform a walk-about survey ab ... more |
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Emergency medicine in space: Normal rules don't applyGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 06, 2017 Experts at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will discuss the unusual and challenging problem of how to perform emergency medical procedures during space missions. "Spa ... more 
Collateral damage from cosmic rays increases cancer risks for Mars astronautsLas Vegas VA (SPX) Jun 06, 2017 The cancer risk for a human mission to Mars has effectively doubled following a UNLV study predicting a dramatic increase in the disease for astronauts traveling to the red planet or on long-term mi ... more 
Study estimates amount of water needed to carve Martian valleysDeKalb, IL (SPX) Jun 06, 2017 A new study led by Northern Illinois University geography professor Wei Luo calculates the amount of water needed to carve the ancient network of valleys on Mars and concludes the Red Planet's surfa ... more  
China to provide more opportunities to private space companiesBeijing (XNA) Jun 09, 2017 China will offer more opportunities for private companies to participate in lunar and Mars exploration, a space exploration official said. Tian Yulong, secretary general of the China National ... more 
Curiosity Peels Back Layers on Ancient Martian LakePasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2017 A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a comprehensive look at findings from the ... more 
Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift OffHampton VA (SPX) May 28, 2017 Witnessing a rocket launch is a special occasion. Watching a rocket launch with materials you made go up into the sky is priceless. That's how it felt for researchers from NASA's Langley Resea ... more |
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 Illinois Company Among Hundreds Supporting NASA Mission to Mars 
Halos discovered on Mars widen time frame for potential lifeLos Alamos NM (SPX) May 31, 2017 Lighter-toned bedrock that surrounds fractures and comprises high concentrations of silica--called "halos"--has been found in Gale crater on Mars, indicating that the planet had liquid water much lo ... more 
Preparations Continue Before Driving into 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to survey the valley from the top and to perform a walk-about sur ... more 
Schiaparelli landing investigation completedParis (ESA) May 25, 2017 The inquiry into the crash-landing of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module has concluded that conflicting information in the onboard computer caused the descent sequence to end prematurely. The Sch ... more  
NASA Scientist Parlays Experience to Build Ocean Worlds InstrumentGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 24, 2017 An instrument originally developed to search for organic molecules on Mars is being repurposed to potentially hunt for life on a handful of moons in the outer solar system that appear to host oceans ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017 
Using a system developed under an ESA contract, the Greek NELIOTA project has begun to detect flashes of light caused by small pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface. NELIOTA is the first system that can determine the temperature of these impact flashes.
Studies such as NELIOTA are important because Earth and its Moon are constantly bombarded by natural space debris. Most of this mater ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers  Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon  Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat |
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Back in 1969, Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, uttered his famous words: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."
The statement has inspired ever since. More than 500 astronauts have entered space in the nearly five decades that have followed, and over 10 have landed on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon and Arms ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017China to open space station to scientists worldwide  Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017China achieves key breakthrough in multiple launch vehicles Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017China's space station to help maintain co-orbital telescope |
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The challenging detection, by ESA's Rosetta mission, of several isotopes of the noble gas xenon at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has established the first quantitative link between comets and the atmosphere of Earth. The blend of xenon found at the comet closely resembles U-xenon, the primordial mixture that scientists believe was brought to Earth during the early stages of Solar System format ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Scientists solve meteorite mystery with high-pressure X-ray experiments  Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 06, 2017NASA's Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft a Discovery Machine |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
arly science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet's surface than previously thought.
"We are excite ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 26, 2017Jupiters complex transient auroras  Miami (AFP) May 25, 2017NASA's Juno probe forces 'rethink' on Jupiter |
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Enceladus - a large icy, oceanic moon of Saturn - may have flipped, the possible victim of an out-of-this-world wallop.
While combing through data collected by NASA's Cassini mission during flybys of Enceladus, astronomers from Cornell University, the University of Texas and NASA have found the first evidence that the moon's axis has reoriented, according to new research published in Icaru ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2017Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017Cassini Looks On as Solstice Arrives at Saturn  Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2017History of Titan's Landscape Resembles Mars's, not Earth's |
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New satellite images from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission offers a visualization of the extreme rainfall that has accumulated in Florida over the past week.
GPM is a joint mission between NASA and Japan's space agency JAXA. It consists of a GPM core observatory satellite and a constellation of cooperating probes.
As the GPM core observatory satellite passed above Sou ... more Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2017The heat is on for Sentinel-3B  Cambridge, Canada (SPX) May 31, 2017exactEarth Launches Revolutionary Global Real-Time Maritime Tracking and Information Service  Paris (AFP) May 30, 2017Earth is a jewel, says astronaut after six months away |
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The International Space Station has become a genuinely global project proving that despite political differences, economic problems and social changes countries can work in concert sharing experience, overcoming problems and finding compromises.
That said, even top space energy representatives taking part in this year's international conference on space exploration (GLEX-2017) found it har ... moreMiami (AFP) June 7, 2017Pence hails new NASA astronauts as 'best of us'  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 07, 2017Additional Astronaut on the Space Station Means Dozens of New Team Members on the Ground  Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 07, 2017Roscosmos Says Cooperation With NASA Unaffected by 'Political Outbursts' |
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The moon hanging in the night sky sent Robert Hurt's mind into deep space - to a region some 40 light years away, in fact, where seven Earth-sized planets crowded close to a dim, red sun.
Hurt, a visualization scientist at Caltech's IPAC center, was walking outside his home in Mar Vista, California, shortly after he learned of the discovery of these rocky worlds around a star called TRAPPI ... more Notre Dame, IN (SPX) Jun 06, 2017Discovery reveals planet almost as hot as the Sun  Austin OH (SPX) Jun 06, 2017A planet hotter than most stars  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2017 
The Defense of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is partnering with BAE Systems to develop a new line of multi-role unmanned aerial systems.They are designed to be modular and able to mount different sensor, radio-frequency, and weapons packages.
The contract provides $5.4 million to develop small multifunction UAVs that can conduct multiple missions with a single payl ... more Washington (AFP) June 8, 2017Pro-Syria regime drone shot down after it fires on coalition  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Falcon Flight for X-37B  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Netherlands to replace ScanEagle UAV with Integrator |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 
On May 25, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour, between 2:24 and 3:17 p.m. EDT, with the moon covering about 89 percent of the sun at the peak of its journey across the sun's face. The moon's crisp horizon can be seen from this view because the moon has n ... more Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene Parker  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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 Miami (AFP) June 5, 2017 
SpaceX's first-ever recycled spaceship arrived Monday at the International Space Station, two days after the unmanned Dragon cargo capsule launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Live images on NASA television showed the spaceship approaching the orbiting outpost, then being grabbed with the station's robotic arm at 9:52 am (1352 GMT).
"Capture complete," said NASA ... more New Delhi (AFP) June 5, 2017India shows off space prowess with launch of mega-rocket  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2017NASA awards Universal Stage Adapter contract for SLS  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 09, 2017Proton returns to flight with US satellite after 12 month hiatus |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 07, 2017 
Boosted by natural magnifying lenses in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured unique close-up views of the universe's brightest infrared galaxies, which are as much as 10,000 times more luminous than our Milky Way.
The galaxy images, magnified through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, reveal a tangled web of misshapen objects punctuated by exotic patterns such as rings ... more Austin TX (SPX) Jun 07, 2017Celestial boondocks: Study supports the idea we live in a void  Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 07, 2017CU Boulder researchers explain mystery of 'banging' galaxy clusters  Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 07, 2017Device designed to exploit scattering of light by mechanical vibrations |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
Astronomers have used the sharp vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The Hubble team measured the mass of a white dwarf, the burned-out remnant of a normal star, by seeing how much it deflects the light from a background star.
This observation represents the first time Hubble has witnessed this type of effect creat ... more Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Breaking Newton's Law  San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO? Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017Gravitational Waves Detected for Third Time |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 
Sixteenth century scientist Galileo Galilei threw two spheres of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to establish a scientific principle.
Now nearly four centuries later, a team of Italian physicists has applied the same principle to quantum objects using a novel scientific method proposed by UQ physicist Dr Magdalena Zych, reported in Nature Communications.
Dr Z ... more Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 06, 2017RIT study suggests dying stars give newborn black holes a swift kick  Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Jun 09, 2017Cosmic inflation: Higgs says goodbye to his 'little brother'  Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Muon magnet's moment has arrived |
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 San Francisco (AFP) June 7, 2017  Apple's new HomePod speaker may be music to the ears of its loyal fans, but how much it can crank up volume in the smart speaker market remains to be heard.
Apple unveiled its long-awaited HomePod at its annual developers conference taking place this week in the heart of Silicon Valley, enticing lovers of its products with a high-end offering in a market dominated by lower-priced devices fro ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence  Beijing (AFP) June 8, 2017AI gets so-so grade in Chinese university entrance exam  Geneva (AFP) June 8, 2017AI 'good for the world'... says ultra-lifelike robot |
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Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017
Back in 1969, Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, uttered his famous words: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."
The statement has inspired ever since. More than 500 astronauts have entered space in the nearly five decades that have followed, and over 10 have landed on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon and Arms ... moreBeijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017China to open space station to scientists worldwide Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017China achieves key breakthrough in multiple launch vehicles Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017China's space station to help maintain co-orbital telescope |
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