Do Astronauts Suffer From Rocket-Lag?
Anyone who has flown long distances will be familiar with the jetlag that comes with travelling across time zones. Our body clocks need time to adjust…
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Staring Deep Into the Cat’s Eye Nebula
Three thousand light years from Earth, the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is a sight that draws in the human eye. In this image from the…
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Hubble Predicts Weather for Two Exoplanets
Weather forecasters on exoplanet GJ 1214b would have an easy job. Today’s forecast: cloudy. Tomorrow: overcast. Extended outlook: more clouds. Two teams of scientists using NASA’s…
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Will a Private Mission Put People on Mars by 2025?
Mars One is an elaborate marketing event, potential reality show, and a probably-unlikely-to-actually-happen mission to Mars starting in 2018 with an unmanned mission to the planet.…
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Groovy Martian Moon
The innermost moon of Mars, Phobos, is seen here in full 360 degree glory. The images were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on…
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NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins completed a 5 hour and 28 minute spacewalk Saturday to remove a faulty ammonia pump on the International Space…
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3D Brings an Immersive Feel to Images From Space
Almost a million people have watched the YouTube video of ESA’s 3D camera being used in space. Here on Earth, the same camera technology is equally…
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NEOWISE Spacecraft Returns First Images After Reactivation
Probe Will Assist Agency in Search for Candidates to Explore NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 494: T Tauri Stars Observing Campaign
AAVSO Alert Notice 494 T Tauri Stars Observing Campaign December 20, 2013 Darryl Sergison (University of Exeter) has requested AAVSO assistance with a campaign he is…
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ESA’s Billion-Star Surveyor Mission Has Successful Liftoff
ESA’s Gaia mission blasted off this morning on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its exciting mission to study a billion…
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