
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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