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Companion Planets Can Increase Old Worlds' Chance at Life
Aug. 1, 2014 — Having a companion in old age is good for people -- and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well. Planets cool as they age. Over time their ... full story -
Rosetta's Comet: Imaging the Coma
Aug. 1, 2014 — Less than a week before Rosetta's rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, images obtained by OSIRIS, the spacecraft's onboard scientific imaging system, show clear signs of a coma ... full story -
Asteroid Impacts Significantly Altered Ancient Earth
July 31, 2014 — New research shows that more than four billion years ago, the surface of Earth was heavily reprocessed as a result of giant asteroid impacts. A new model based on existing lunar and terrestrial data ... full story -
Fossils Could Be Discovered on the Moon: Signs of Ancient Life May Be Littered Across the Moon
July 31, 2014 — Physicists have tested what would happen if a piece of rock containing microscopic fossils from Earth was launched into space and hit the surface of the moon. The team turned fossil-filled rock into ... full story -
Mercury's Bizzare Magnetic Field Tells Scientists How Its Interior Is Different from Earth's
July 30, 2014 — Mercury's interior is different from the Earth's interior in a way that explains Mercury's bizarre magnetic field, planetary physicists report. Measurements from NASA's Messenger ... full story -
NASA-Funded X-Ray Instrument Settles Interstellar Debate
July 29, 2014 — New findings from a NASA-funded instrument have resolved a decades-old puzzle about a fog of low-energy X-rays observed over the entire sky. Thanks to refurbished detectors first flown on a NASA ... full story -
Mysterious Molecules in Space: Silicon-Capped Hydrocarbons May Be Source of 'Diffuse Interstellar Bands'
July 29, 2014 — New research has offered a tantalizing new possibility in the realm of interstellar molecules and diffuse interstellar bands: these mysterious molecules may be silicon-capped hydrocarbons like SiC3H, ... full story -
NASA Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Passes 25 Miles of Driving
July 28, 2014 — NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was ... full story -
Cool-Burning Flames in Space, Could Lead to Better Engines on Earth
July 28, 2014 — Scientists have discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars. The discovery was made during a series of experiments on the International ... full story -
New Approach in Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Target Alien Polluters
July 23, 2014 — Humanity is on the threshold of being able to detect signs of alien life on other worlds. By studying exoplanet atmospheres, we can look for gases like oxygen and methane that only coexist if ... full story -
Atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon
July 23, 2014 — An astronomer has published the results of the comparison of his model of Titan's atmosphere with the latest ... full story -
The Heart of an Astronaut, Five Years on
July 22, 2014 — The heart of an astronaut is a much-studied thing. Scientists have analyzed its blood flow, rhythms, atrophy and, through journal studies, even matters of the heart. But for the first time, ... full story -
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
July 22, 2014 — Fifteen years ago, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Since its deployment on July 23, 1999, Chandra has helped revolutionize our ... full story -
Oceans Vital for Possibility for Alien Life
July 20, 2014 — Researchers have made an important step in the race to discover whether other planets could develop and sustain life. New research shows the vital role of oceans in moderating climate on Earth-like ... full story -
Looking Back at the Jupiter Crash 20 Years Later
July 18, 2014 — Twenty years ago, human and robotic eyes observed the first recorded impact between cosmic bodies in the solar system, as fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into the atmosphere of Jupiter. ... full story -
Rosetta Spacecraft Approaching Twofold Comet
July 18, 2014 — As the European Space Agency's spacecraft Rosetta is slowly approaching its destination, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet is again proving to be full of surprises. New images obtained ... full story -
Lunar Pits Could Shelter Astronauts, Reveal Details of How 'Man in the Moon' Formed
July 17, 2014 — While the moon's surface is battered by millions of craters, it also has over 200 holes -- steep-walled pits that in some cases might lead to caves that future astronauts could explore and use ... full story -
Earth-Like Soils on Mars? Ancient Fossilized Soils Potentially Found Deep Inside Impact Crater Suggest Microbial Life
July 17, 2014 — Soil deep in a crater dating to some 3.7 billion years ago contains evidence that Mars was once much warmer and wetter, says a geologist based on images and data captured by the rover ... full story -
Asteroid Vesta to Reshape Theories of Planet Formation
July 16, 2014 — Researchers have a better understanding of the asteroid Vesta and its internal structure, thanks to numerical simulations and data from the space mission Dawn. Their findings question contemporary ... full story -
NOAA's GOES-R Satellite Magnetometer Ready for Spacecraft Integration
July 15, 2014 — The Magnetometer instrument that will fly on NOAA's GOES-R satellite when it is launched in early 2016 has completed the development and testing phase and is ready to be integrated with the ... full story
- Asteroid impacts significantly altered ancient Earth
- Fossils could be discovered on the moon: Signs of ancient life may be littered across the moon
- NASA-funded X-ray instrument settles interstellar debate
- Mysterious molecules in space: Silicon-capped hydrocarbons may be source of 'diffuse interstellar bands'
- NASA long-lived Mars Opportunity rover passes 25 miles of driving
- Cool-burning flames in space, could lead to better engines on Earth
- New approach in search for extraterrestrial intelligence: Target alien polluters
- Atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon
- The heart of an astronaut, five years on
- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory celebrates 15th anniversary
- Lunar pits could shelter astronauts, reveal details of how 'man in the moon' formed
- Earth-like soils on Mars? Ancient fossilized soils potentially found deep inside impact crater suggest microbial life
- NOAA's GOES-R satellite Magnetometer ready for spacecraft integration
- NASA's Van Allen Probes show how to accelerate electrons
- Hi-ho! Astronomers discover seven dwarf galaxies with new telescope
- NASA’s newest near Earth network antenna is operational
- Carbon monoxide predicts 'red and dead' future of gas guzzler galaxy
- Planet Mercury a result of early hit-and-run collisions
- Stretching forces shaped Jupiter moon's surface, laboratory model suggests
- Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1
- Two Kuiper Belt objects found: Hubble to proceed with full search for New Horizons targets
- Computing paths to asteroids helps find future exploration opportunities
- Rosetta's comet target 'releases' plentiful water
- Potentially habitable Earth-like planet discovered; May have similar temperatures to our planet
- Mysterious features on Saturn's Titan reveal the moon's seasonal changes
- Glimpse into the invisible world of electric asteroids
- Whale of a target: Harpooning space debris
- Curiosity travels through ancient glaciers on Mars
- Titan's building blocks might pre-date Saturn
- Webb telescope microshutters journey into NASA clean room
- Earth-size 'diamond' in space: Remarkable white dwarf star possibly coldest, dimmest ever detected
- All the sky, all the time: UK astronomers debate involvement in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
- Big solar blowouts hold clue to space weather
- NASA's swift satellite tallies water production of Mars-bound comet
- Unexpected findings: Small asteroids can be flying rock clusters or even clouds of dust surrouding solid rocks
- Hunt for extraterrestrial life gets massive methane boost
- Hubble to begin search beyond Pluto for a New Horizons mission target
- Giant telescopes pair up to image near-Earth asteroid
- NASA instruments on Rosetta start comet science
- Mercury passes in front of the sun, as seen from Mars
- NASA announces two upcoming undersea missions
- NASA's Orion spacecraft stacks up for first flight
- Dark side of the moon: 55-year-old mystery solved
- How solar wind can break through Earth's magnetic field
- Echoes of ancient Earth identified by scientists?
- Astronomers find a new type of planet: The 'mega-Earth'
- Harsh space weather may doom potential life on red-dwarf planets
- Two GOES-R instruments complete spacecraft integration
- NASA missions let scientists see moon's dancing tide from orbit
- Diamond planets may be more common than astronomers thought
- A habitable environment on Martian volcano?
- Where have all the craters gone?
- NASA Mars weathercam helps find big new crater
- First broadband wireless connection ... to the moon: Record-shattering Earth-to-Moon uplink
- Ancient crater points to massive meteorite strike
- Rosetta space probe: Landing on a comet to observe nucleus and environment
- Magnetic fingerprint of our galaxy revealed
- Are we ready for contact with extraterrestrial intelligence?
- Hubble view: A hungry starburst galaxy
- Hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars, space station research shows that
- Length of exoplanet day measured for first time: Spin of Beta Pictoris b measured
- How do we clean up the junkyard orbiting Earth?
- The intergalactic medium unveiled: Cosmic Web Imager directly observes 'dim matter'
- Search for extraterrestrial life more difficult than thought
- Star is discovered to be a close neighbor of the Sun and the coldest of its kind
- Traces of recent water on Mars: Liquid water on Mars as recently as 200,000 years ago
- High-voltage transmission lines to act as antenna in first-of-its-kind NASA space-weather project
- Asteroids as seen from Mars -- A Curiosity rover first
- Astronomical forensics uncover planetary disks in NASA's Hubble archive
- A step up for NASA’s robonaut: Ready for climbing legs
- Asteroids made easy: 'Patch of asteroid' being built inside a satellite
- NASA completes LADEE mission with planned impact on moon's surface
- Immune cells to be tested on the International Space Station
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