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Better Looks At Mars Minerals For Instrument On NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter
A new orbit at an earlier
time of day is increasing
the sensitivity and
efficiency of ASU's THEMIS
multi-band camera on NASA's
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GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit And Renamed GOES-14
On June 27, 2009, the
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite,
GOES-O, soared into space
during a spectacular launch
from the Cape Canaveral Air
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New Portrait Of Omega Nebula's Glistening Watercolors
The Omega Nebula, a stellar
nursery where infant stars
illuminate and sculpt a vast
pastel fantasy of dust and
gas, is revealed in all its
glory. ... > full story
Dozens Of Newly Discovered Pulsars Probed By NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
With NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray
Space Telescope, astronomers
now are getting their best
look at those whirling
stellar cinders known as
... > full story
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US Space Program Should Align With Broader National Goals, Experts Urge
July 7, 2009 — The US civil space program should be aligned with widely acknowledged national challenges, says a new report from the National Research ... > full story -
Fireworks Display In The Helix Nebula
July 6, 2009 — The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, is not only one of the most interesting and beautiful planetary nebulae; it is also one of the closest nebulae to Earth, at a distance of only 710 light years away. A new ... > full story -
International Space Hotel Envisioned
July 6, 2009 — Plans for a new international space hotel students have been unveiled by students this month as part of a project for their Masters degree. Students had to grapple with the challenges of designing ... > full story -
Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon
July 5, 2009 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their ... > full story -
Mars More Like Earth Than Thought? New Details About History Of Water On Red Planet
July 3, 2009 — New details have emerged about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission. Scientists found patterns in the ground near the lander, multi-sided shapes about three ... > full story -
Return To The Moon: First Images Kick Off Mapping Mission
July 3, 2009 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial ... > full story -
New Class Of Pulsars Solve Mystery Of Previously Unidentified Gamma-ray Sources
July 3, 2009 — A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified gamma-ray sources and helping scientists understand the mechanisms behind ... > full story -
Largest Ever Survey Of Very Distant Galaxy Clusters Completed
July 3, 2009 — Astronomers have completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies. Named the Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey, "SpARCS" detects galaxy ... > full story -
Astronomers Discover Pair Of Solar Systems In The Making
July 2, 2009 — Astronomers have found a binary star-disk system in which each star is surrounded by the kind of dust disk that is frequently the precursor of a planetary ... > full story -
First Direct Evidence Of Lightning On Mars Detected
July 1, 2009 — For the first time, direct evidence of lightning has been detected on Mars, say researchers who found signs of electrical discharges during dust storms on the Red ... > full story
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