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Orion's Launch Abort System Motor Exceeds Expectations
Mar. 6, 2015 — It took just three seconds for the attitude control motor of NASA's Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) to prove that its material can survive not only the intense temperatures, pressures, noise and ... full story -
NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet
Mar. 6, 2015 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres when it was captured by ... full story -
Mars: The Planet That Lost an Ocean's Worth of Water
Mar. 5, 2015 — A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean, and covered a greater portion of the planet's surface than the Atlantic Ocean does on Earth, according to new results ... full story -
Rapid Changes Observed in a Comet’s Plasma Tail
Mar. 5, 2015 — Images from a December 2013 observation of the comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) reveal clear details about rapidly changing activity in that comet's plasma tail. Astronomers zoomed in to within 0.8 ... full story -
Cloudy, With a Wisp of Liquid Rock: Clouds Around Exoplanets Analyzed
Mar. 3, 2015 — Meteorologists sometimes struggle to accurately predict the weather here on Earth, but now we can find out how cloudy it is on planets outside our solar system, thanks to new ... full story -
Core Work: Iron Vapor Gives Clues to Formation of Earth and Moon
Mar. 2, 2015 — One of the world's most powerful radiation sources provides scientists clues about Earth's formation and how iron ... full story -
NASA Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival
Mar. 2, 2015 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn will be the first mission to successfully visit a dwarf planet ... full story -
Life 'Not as We Know It' Possible on Saturn's Moon Titan
Feb. 27, 2015 — A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled. It is theorized to have a cell membrane, composed of small organic ... full story -
OSIRIS-REx Mission Successfully Completes System Integration Review
Feb. 27, 2015 — This week marked the completion of an important step on the path to spacecraft assembly, test, and launch operations for the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith ... full story -
New NASA Earth Missions Expand View of Home Planet
Feb. 26, 2015 — Four new NASA Earth-observing missions are collecting data from space -- with a fifth newly in orbit -- after the busiest year of NASA Earth science launches in more than a ... full story -
'Bright Spot' on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion
Feb. 25, 2015 — Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA's Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the object. The latest images from Dawn, taken nearly 29,000 miles ... full story -
SOHO Sees Something New Near the Sun: Comet Survives Close Encounter
Feb. 24, 2015 — An unusual comet skimmed past the sun on Feb 18-21, 2015, as captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or ... full story -
Scientists Identify Mineral That Destroys Organic Compounds, With Implications for Mars Curiosity Mission
Feb. 19, 2015 — Scientists have discovered that the mineral jarosite breaks down organic compounds when it is flash-heated, with implications for Mars research. Jarosite is an iron sulphate and it is one of several ... full story -
Hubble Gets Best View of a Circumstellar Debris Disk Distorted by a Planet
Feb. 19, 2015 — Astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to take the most detailed picture to date of a large, edge-on, gas-and-dust disk encircling the 20-million-year-old star Beta Pictoris. The new image ... full story -
A New View of the Solar System: Astrophysical Jets Driven by the Sun
Feb. 19, 2015 — New research suggests that the sun's magnetic field controls the large-scale shape of the heliosphere much more than expected. The new model shows that the magnetic field squeezes the solar wind ... full story -
Does Dark Matter Cause Mass Extinctions and Geologic Upheavals?
Feb. 19, 2015 — New research concludes that Earth's infrequent but predictable path around and through our Galaxy's disc may have a direct and significant effect on geological and biological phenomena ... full story -
For the First Time, Spacecraft Catch Solar Shockwave in the Act: 'Ultrarelativistic, Killer Electrons' Made in 60 Seconds
Feb. 18, 2015 — On Oct. 8, 2013, an explosion on the sun's surface sent a supersonic blast wave of solar wind out into space. This shockwave tore past Mercury and Venus, blitzing by the moon before streaming ... full story -
Dust to Dust: Disintegrating Rocky Exoplanet Could Unlock Secrets to How Our Solar System Was Formed
Feb. 18, 2015 — Exciting new research has opened up the chance to find out what distant planets are made of. A team of astronomers have made observations which can help reveal the chemical makeup of a small rocky ... full story -
The Strange Case of the Missing Dwarf
Feb. 18, 2015 — The new SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope has been used to search for a brown dwarf expected to be orbiting the unusual double star V471 Tauri. SPHERE has given astronomers the ... full story -
Closest Known Flyby of Star to Our Solar System: Dim Star Passed Through Oort Cloud 70,000 Years Ago
Feb. 17, 2015 — Astronomers from the US, Europe, Chile and South Africa have determined that 70,000 years ago a recently discovered dim star is likely to have passed through the solar system's distant cloud of ... full story
- Orion's launch abort system motor exceeds expectations
- NASA spacecraft becomes first to orbit a dwarf planet
- Mars: The planet that lost an ocean's worth of water
- Rapid changes observed in a comet’s plasma tail
- Core work: Iron vapor gives clues to formation of Earth and moon
- NASA spacecraft nears historic dwarf planet arrival
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- OSIRIS-REx mission successfully completes system integration review
- Scientists identify mineral that destroys organic compounds, with implications for Mars Curiosity Mission
- Hubble gets best view of a circumstellar debris disk distorted by a planet
- A new view of the solar system: Astrophysical jets driven by the sun
- Does dark matter cause mass extinctions and geologic upheavals?
- For the first time, spacecraft catch solar shockwave in the act: 'Ultrarelativistic, killer electrons' made in 60 seconds
- Dust to dust: Disintegrating rocky exoplanet could unlock secrets to how our solar system was formed
- The strange case of the missing dwarf
- Closest known flyby of star to our solar system: Dim star passed through Oort Cloud 70,000 years ago
- Dawn captures sharper images of Ceres
- Application of laser microprobe technology to Apollo samples refines lunar impact history
- From space junk to asteroids, dark energy camera unveils small objects in our solar system
- How conditions of spaceflight affect living organisms: New research headed to space station
- NASA's LRO discovers lunar hydrogen more abundant on moon's pole-facing slopes
- Astronomers breathe new life into venerable instrument
- Twinkle on fast-track mission to unveil exoplanet atmospheres
- Scientists predict Earth-like planets around most stars
- VISTA stares right through the Milky Way, sees Trifid Nebula in a new light
- Meteorite may represent 'bulk background' of Mars' battered crust
- Radar Images of Near-Earth Asteroid
- Cassini catches Saturn's moon Titan naked in the solar wind
- Gully patterns document Martian climate cycles
- The mouth of the beast: VLT images cometary globule CG4
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures best-ever view of dwarf planet Ceres
- Asteroid that flew past Earth has moon
- Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe
- Rosetta data reveals more surprises about comet 67P
- Rosetta data give closest-ever look at a comet
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Rosetta Comet 'pouring' more water into space
- Watching the birth of a comet magnetosphere
- Gas variations are suggestive of seasons on comet Chury
- Growing bone in space: Study to test therapy for bone loss on the International Space Station
- Telescope to seek dust where other Earths may lie
- Gullies on protoplanet Vesta suggest past water-mobilized flows
- Dawn spacecraft delivers new image of dwarf planet Ceres
- How planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects
- Asteroid to fly by Earth safely on January 26
- NASA and ESA celebrate 10 years since Huygens probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan
- NEOWISE: A yearlong look at the sky
- Three nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby star: One in 'Goldilocks' zone
- Planets outside our solar system may be more hospitable to life than thought, research suggests
- NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft begins first stages of Pluto encounter
- Space station worms’ research potential is anything but flat
- Trans-Neptunian objects suggest that there are more dwarf planets in our solar system
- Probing strong gravity in a binary neutron star system
- A twist on planetary origins: Meteorites were byproducts of planetary formation, not building blocks
- Flashes from 'photonic booms' may help illuminate astronomical secrets
- Astronomers use vanishing neutron star to measure space-time warp
- Deep Space Climate Observatory to provide 'EPIC' views of Earth
- Volunteer 'Disk Detectives' top one million classifications of possible planetary habitats
- Eight new planets found in 'Goldilocks' zone: Two are most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets
- Study casts doubt on mammoth-killing cosmic impact
- Record-breaking black hole outburst detected
- New instrument reveals recipe for other Earths
- Super-Earths have long-lasting oceans
- Electromagnetic waves linked to particle fallout in Earth's atmosphere, new study finds
- New analyses of Martian chemical maps suggest water bound to sulfates in soil
- Gecko grippers get a microgravity test flight
- Tales from a Martian rock: New chemical analysis of ancient Martian meteorite provides clues to planet's history of habitability
- Scientists 'map' water vapor in Martian atmosphere
- Dust devil and the details: Spinning up a storm on Mars
- Origin of long-standing space mystery revealed: Origin of the 'theta aurora'
- Swarms of Pluto-size objects kick up dust around adolescent Sun-like star
- Scientists develop solar observatory for use on suborbital manned space missions
- Saturn's largest moon is a windy place: Titan dune puzzle solved
- Complex mineralogy on the Red Planet: First X-ray diffraction measurements on Mars
- Powering space craft of the future
- Physicist presents new observational solar weather model
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