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New mini tool has massive implications![]() ![]() Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere - and that's just one of its myriad possible uses. For decades mass spectrometers have offered a relatively fast and highly sensitive way to analyze and detect chemical compounds. But their bulky size has been a hindrance, limiting their in-field potential. But after spending 12 years exploring the problem, BYU chemistry professor Daniel Austin, joined by ele ... read more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint 'survival' whispers from one of ESA's Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017 Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California - the first interplanetary launc ... 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 Opportunity is located in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2017 As the energetic particles of the solar wind speed across interplanetary space, their motion is modified by objects in their path. A study, based on data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter, has thrown ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2017 Mars is buffeted by turbulent snowstorms that occur only at night, according to a study released Monday that revises our understanding of Red Planet weather. ... more ![]() ![]() 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 Scienti ... more |
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![]() ![]() Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry ![]() ![]() 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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![]() Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() ESA and Chinese astronauts train together ![]() ![]() Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space ![]() ![]() Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration |
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![]() Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1 ![]() ![]() NASA's asteroid sample return mission successfully adjusts course ![]() ![]() Backyard Observers Ready to View Asteroid's Close Flyby |
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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 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA Announces Cassini End-of-Mission Activities ![]() ![]() Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn ![]() ![]() Cassini Prepares to Say Goodbye to a True Titan |
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![]() Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows ![]() ![]() NASA Mission to Study Atmospheric Disturbances from Marshall Islands ![]() ![]() How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
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![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space ![]() ![]() NASA should continue large strategic missions to maintain leadership in space ![]() ![]() 'Gifted' high-tech takes spotlight at Berlin's IFA fair |
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![]() Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 31, 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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![]() Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() TED: Phones and drones transforming healthcare ![]() ![]() Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control ![]() ![]() Army concludes MAST program for small autonomous drone swarms |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon" ![]() ![]() NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space ![]() ![]() ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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![]() New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Indian Space Agency, Israeli counterpart to formalize strategic collaborations ![]() ![]() ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches ![]() ![]() Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg |
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![]() Charlottesville VA (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Astronomers Let Gaseous Discs Tiltand Shrink in Virtual Wind Tunnel ![]() ![]() Proposed Astrophysics Mission to Conduct the First Infrared Spectral Survey of the Entire Sky ![]() ![]() Kepler satellite discovers variability in the Seven Sisters |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe ![]() ![]() First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation ![]() ![]() Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched |
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![]() Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Record-breaking galaxy 5 billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe ![]() ![]() Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light ![]() ![]() Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenarios |
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![]() (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot ![]() ![]() Smart computers ![]() ![]() Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes |
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![]() Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() ESA and Chinese astronauts train together ![]() ![]() Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space ![]() ![]() Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration |
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