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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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Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon
NASA's Interstellar Boundary
Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft
has made the first
observations of very fast
hydrogen atoms coming from
the moon, following decades
... > full story
First Direct Evidence Of Lightning On Mars Detected
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
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NASA Lunar Mission Successfully Enters Moon Orbit
After a four and a half day
journey from the Earth, the
Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter, or LRO, has
successfully entered orbit
around the moon. Engineers
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Galileo's Notebooks May Reveal Secrets Of New Planet
July 9, 2009 — Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new ... > full story -
New Instrument Has Potential To Detect Water Deep Underground On Mars
June 25, 2009 — With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep inside ... > full story -
NASA's Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit To Study Warmer Ground
June 24, 2009 — NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit, positioning itself to look down at the day side of the planet in mid-afternoon instead of late ... > full story -
Scientists Bring 'Light' To Moon's Permanently Dark Craters
June 22, 2009 — A new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region provides new information on some of our natural satellite's darkest inhabitants - permanently shadowed ... > full story -
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: NASA Returns To The Moon With First Lunar Launch In A Decade
June 19, 2009 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will relay more information about the lunar ... > full story -
NASA Successfully Launches Lunar Impactor
June 19, 2009 — NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. The satellite ... > full story -
Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots
June 16, 2009 — The interstellar stuff that became incorporated into the planets and life on Earth has younger cosmic roots than theories predict, according to ... > full story -
Planet-forming Disk Discovered Orbiting Twin Suns
June 11, 2009 — Astronomers have announced new images that clearly reveal the presence of a rotating molecular disk orbiting the young binary star system V4046 Sagittarii. The SMA images provide an unusually vivid ... > full story -
New Definition Could Further Limit Habitable Zones Around Distant Suns
June 11, 2009 — New calculations indicate that, in nearby star systems, tidal forces exerted on planets by their parent star's gravity could limit what is regarded as a star's habitable zone and change the criteria ... > full story -
New Cleaning Protocol For Future 'Search For Life' Missions
June 10, 2009 — Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "search for life" missions on other ... > full story
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