What NASA Has Achieved in 2012
In 2012, NASA continued to implement America’s ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial…
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Join Europe’s Space Conversation
Think you know how space affects you each day? You might – but you might not. Explore Down2Earth, ESA’s new online challenge, and join Europe’s space…
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Orbital Debris Radar Set Up in Spain by ESA
A new radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to space navigation has been installed in Spain. The radar will…
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Colliding Stellar Winds X-Rayed for the First Time
Two massive stars racing in orbit around each other have had their colliding stellar winds X-rayed for the first time, thanks to the combined efforts of…
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Cloud Spotting on Venus
Clouds regularly punctuate Earth’s blue sky, but on Venus the clouds never part, for the planet is wrapped entirely in a 20 km-thick veil of carbon…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Prepares to Take Its First Scoop of Soil for Analysis
NASA’s Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for…
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Adam Steltzner doesn’t sound much like an ordinary engineer. For instance, when we asked him if he would talk about Curiosity—and explain why the Mars rover…
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Jupiter Hit by Another Object – Fireball Seen in the Planet’s Atmosphere
This is a great time to be observing the planet Jupiter. It’s nearing opposition; it big and bright in the late-night/early-morning sky and that can only…
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NBC’s Rock Center Reports on the ALMA Observatory
In northern Chile, at 16,500 feet above sea level, scientists from around the world are building the world’s largest radio telescope. When completed in 2013, sixty-six…
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Impact Crater Studies Reveal Mars Water Ran Deep
By studying rocks blasted out of impact craters, ESA’s Mars Express has found evidence that underground water persisted at depth for prolonged periods during the first…
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