Dry Ice Snowboarding Down Sand Dunes on Mars?
NASA research indicates hunks of frozen carbon dioxide – dry ice – may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature…
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Black Hole Sleeps in Nearby Sculptor Galaxy
Nearly a decade ago, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory caught signs of what appeared to be a black hole snacking on gas at the middle of the…
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ESA Euclid Will Be Launched in 2020 to Explore Dark Energy and Dark Matter
The module carrying the telescope and scientific instruments of ESA’s Euclid ‘dark Universe’ mission is now being developed by Astrium in Toulouse, France. Euclid will be…
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M101 in Ultraviolet Light
The face-on Pinwheel spiral galaxy seen in the image below is at ultraviolet wavelengths in this image taken by ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope. Also known as…
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Join a KickStarter Project to Fund a Citizen Science Space Telescope
At the end of May (2013), Planetary Resources – the company that plans to do asteroid mining in the not too distant future – a said…
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Noctilucent Clouds Start Appearing Early This Year
Every summer, something strange and wonderful happens high above the north pole. Ice crystals begin to cling to the smoky remains of meteors, forming electric-blue clouds…
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Asteroid 1998 QE2 Moon Movie
Scientists working with NASA’s 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released a new and improved movie clip of near-Earth asteroid 1998 QE2…
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NASA News Conference on Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity
NASA held a media teleconference on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The 10th anniversary of this rover’s…
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Orion Crew Module Passes Latest Round of Tests
Workers moved the Orion ground test vehicle (GTA) from the Operations and Checkout Building to the Launch Equipment Test Facility on May 13. Lockheed Martin workers…
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Dramatic Flood Events on Mars
This mosaic, which features the spectacular Kasei Valles, comprises 67 images taken with the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. The mosaic spans 987…
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