Montana Students Pick Winning Names for NASA GRAIL Moon Craft
Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont.…
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory Finds Largest Galaxy Cluster in the Early Universe
An exceptional galaxy cluster, the largest seen in the distant universe, has been found using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation-funded Atacama Cosmology…
Read the articleNASA’s Twin Grail Spacecraft Reunite in Lunar Orbit
The second of NASA’s two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit.…
Read the articleNASA’s First GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit
The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar orbit. NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft successfully…
Read the articleDawn Spacecraft Images Show Vesta’s ‘Color Palette’
Vesta appears in a splendid rainbow-colored palette in new images obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The colors, assigned by scientists to show different rock or mineral…
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Voyager Spacecraft Reaches New Region at the Edge of the Solar System
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this…
Read the articleMars Reconnaissance Orbiter Catches Mars Sand Dunes in Motion
Images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) show sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars at dozens of locations and shifting up to…
Read the articleNASA Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth
NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. This radar image of asteroid…
Read the articleNASA in Final Preparations for Nov. 8 Asteroid Flyby
NASA scientists will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency’s Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as the space rock safely flies past…
Read the articleHerschel Space Observatory Detects Abundant Water in Planet-Forming Disc
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has found evidence of water vapour emanating from ice on dust grains in the disc around a young star, revealing a hidden…
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