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Mars 2020 mission to use smart methods to seek signs of past life![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods originally developed to find the oldest life on Earth, according the mission's Deputy Project Scientist, Dr Ken Williford. The 2020 mission builds on the successes of prior rovers, to make coordinated measurements that could detect signs of ancient life - or biosignatures - in their original spatial context. These techniques, known as "spatially resolved biosignature analysis" derive from geochemical analysi ... read more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique persp ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017 This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars. NASA will refrain from sen ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017 A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA's Mars Express. This section of the Libya Montes region, which sits on the equator a ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2017 Opportunity is in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has arrived at the location within the valley where she will spend the approximately three-week solar conjuncti ... more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's slope. Since before Curios ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017 An ancient mountain range on Mars preserves a complex volcanic and tectonic past imprinted with signs of water and ice interactions. The images, taken on 9 April by the high-resolution stereo ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Opportunity is located in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour crater and has resumed normal science activities post-conjunction. Taking advantage of the position through conjuncti ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth's ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. These clouds are the most clea ... more ![]() ![]() Xining, China (XNA) Aug 09, 2017 China will establish the country's first Mars simulation base, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the local government said Tuesday. The base will be in the red cliff region in Da Qaidam ( ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA ... more |
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![]() ![]() NASA taps BWXT for reactor design for future Mars missions ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017 Opportunity is in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater and the mission is now in its solar conjunction communications blackout period. The position of Mars as viewed from Earth wi ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2017 Hundreds of scientists worldwide currently use an online application that accesses at least one terabyte of data to calculate everything from the spectrum of an exoplanet and the weather on Mars to ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is co ... more ![]() ![]() Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is one of our solar system's most intriguing and Earth-like bodies. It is nearly as large as Mars and has a hazy atmosphere made up mostly of nitrogen with a smattering ... more |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years ![]() ![]() Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project ![]() ![]() Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years ![]() ![]() China develops sea launches to boost space commerce ![]() ![]() Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Asteroid Apophis has One in 100,000 chance of hitting Earth ![]() ![]() Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017 ![]() ![]() Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESA |
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![]() Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot ![]() ![]() New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis ![]() ![]() Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassini Prepares to Say Goodbye to a True Titan ![]() ![]() NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form 'membranes' ![]() ![]() ALMA confirms complex chemistry in Titan's atmosphere |
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![]() Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer ![]() ![]() NASA-led airborne mission studies storm intensification in northern hemisphere ![]() ![]() Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows |
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![]() Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() An era of continuous space communications of with TDRS ![]() ![]() NASA launches latest TDRS communications satellite ![]() ![]() NASA: let's say something to Voyager 1 on 40th anniversary of launch |
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![]() Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory ![]() ![]() Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world ![]() ![]() Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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![]() Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() U.S. military to buy counter-drone radars from RADA ![]() ![]() Could the X-37B Space Plane be Preparing for a Mission in September ![]() ![]() DJI announces pending fix for drones following Army ban |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space ![]() ![]() Studying the sun's atmosphere with the total solar eclipse of 2017 ![]() ![]() ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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![]() Vostochny (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() SHIIVER tank arrives at NASA's Marshall Center for spray-on foam insulation ![]() ![]() 'Dragon captured' as cargo arrives at space station ![]() ![]() SpaceX launches super-computer to space station |
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![]() Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() A fleeting blue glow ![]() ![]() New 3-D simulations show how galactic centers cool their jets ![]() ![]() Russia could launch Spektr-RG space observatory with German telescope in 2018 |
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![]() Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation ![]() ![]() Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched ![]() ![]() LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission |
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![]() Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() International team of researchers redefines cosmic velocity web ![]() ![]() Ohio Supercomputer Center helps researchers map invisible universe ![]() ![]() Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Northrop Grumman to demonstrate autonomous networked unmanned vehicles ![]() ![]() AI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer ![]() ![]() SSL and NASA complete preliminary design review for on-orbit robotic servicing spacecraft |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years ![]() ![]() China develops sea launches to boost space commerce ![]() ![]() Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit |
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