ExoMars Primary Landing Site Candidate Selected
Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. ExoMars 2018, comprising a rover and surface platform,…
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Van Allen Probes Reveal a New Radiation Belt Around Earth
NASA’s Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within these hazardous…
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WISE Mission Sees Skies Ablaze With Blazars
Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars thanks to data collected by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).…
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Comet Massacre Around Fomalhaut Spotted by Herschel
ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to…
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Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoand land a probe…
Read the articleESA’s High Frequency Instrument Aboard the Planck Telescope Completes Its Survey of the Early Universe
The High Frequency Instrument on ESA’s Planck mission has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang. The sensor ran out of coolant…
Read the articleRossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Completes Mission Operations
After 16 years in space, NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has made its last observation. The satellite provided unprecedented views into the extreme environments around…
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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 articleLISA Pathfinder Takes Major Step in Hunt for Gravity Waves
Sensors destined for ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission in 2014 have far exceeded expectations, paving the way for a mission to detect one of the most elusive…
Read the articleNASA to Announce Landing Site for Mars Curiosity Rover
NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to announce the selected landing…
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