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Discovery of boron on Mars adds to evidence for habitability![]() ![]() Los Alamos NM (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. "Because borates may play an important role in making RNA - one of the building blocks of life - finding boron on Mars further opens the possibility that life could have once arisen on the planet," said Patrick Gasda, a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead author on the paper. " ... read more |
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![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2017 Life on Mars may still be light years away - but it clearly hasn't stopped us from thinking ahead. Next year six space-suited and booted astronauts will head to the Dhofar desert in Oman in an attem ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017 Opportunity is exploring "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover. Winter substainally constrains the energy ... 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 ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of. ... more ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 de ... 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 |
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![]() ![]() NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
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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 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space ![]() ![]() Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration ![]() ![]() ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Close encounters of the stellar kind ![]() ![]() House-Sized Near-Earth Objects Rarer Than We Thought ![]() ![]() Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1 |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby ![]() ![]() To Pluto and beyond ![]() ![]() New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Saturn Plunge Nears for Cassini Spacecraft ![]() ![]() NASA Announces Cassini End-of-Mission Activities ![]() ![]() Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn |
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![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Pinpointing the sources of trans-Pacific dust ![]() ![]() Teledyne e2v sensors will play a vital role in ESA's FLEX satellite mission to study plant health and stress from space ![]() ![]() New era in air-quality monitoring a step away |
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![]() Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to Voyager ![]() ![]() ESA retrieves NASA astronauts with new procedure in wake of hurricane ![]() ![]() Record-breaking NASA astronaut comes back to Earth |
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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Does the Organic Material of Comets Predate our Solar System? ![]() ![]() Earth as Hybrid Planet: The Anthropocene Era in Astrobiological Context ![]() ![]() Could TRAPPIST-1's Seven Earth-size Planets Have Gas Giant Siblings |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Force preparing to launch fifth Orbital Test Vehicle mission ![]() ![]() TED: Phones and drones transforming healthcare ![]() ![]() Lockheed pairs drone with counter-UAS system |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon ![]() ![]() Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon" ![]() ![]() NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space |
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![]() Chennai (IANS) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Pentagon Will Have to Rely on Russian Rocket Engines Until Mid-2020s ![]() ![]() NASA Concludes Summer of Testing with Fifth Flight Controller Hot Fire ![]() ![]() SpaceX tests first stage of 'world's most powerful rocket' |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Stellar Corpse Sheds Light on Origin of Cosmic Rays ![]() ![]() Vast new super cluster of galaxies named Saraswati ![]() ![]() Shedding light on galaxies' rotation secrets |
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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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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry ![]() ![]() Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light ![]() ![]() Record-breaking galaxy 5 billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe |
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![]() Berlin (AFP) Sept 4, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chinese robotics artist makes real-life 'Transformers' ![]() ![]() New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct ![]() ![]() Roboteam receives orders for tactical robots |
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![]() Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space ![]() ![]() Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration ![]() ![]() ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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