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NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian SurfacePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars, but this evidence - images of rocks containing ancient streambed gravels - is the first of its kind. Scientists are studying the images of stones cemented into a layer of conglomerate rock. The sizes and shapes of stones offer clues to the speed and distance of a long-ago stream's flow. "From the size o ... read more |
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  Liquid Water Near Europa's Surface a Rarity Europa, the enigmatic moon of Jupiter, is believed to be home to a subsurface ocean of liquid water. However, future missions to explore Europa's ocean may need to dig deep. Research suggests that w ... more | .. |
 Amateur Astronomer Maps the Surface of Ganymede Technology has radically changed the contributions that amateurs can make to the field of astronomy. Using a readily-available 'hobby' telescope, off-the-shelf camera and computer equipment, plus ex ... more | .. |
  Mysterious Case of Asteroid Oljato's Magnetic Disturbance Back in the 1980s, the arrival of asteroid 2201 Oljato inside the orbit of Venus heralded a flurry of magnetic activity. Now, results from ESA's Venus Express spacecraft suggest that Oljato has lost ... more | .. |
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  University of Utah Awarded Cosmic Rays Study Contract The University of Utah reports that the W.M. Keck Foundation awarded $1 million to university researchers to study high-energy cosmic rays in Utah's western deserts that are hurtling their way towar ... more | .. |
  Israel postpones vital Arrow-3 flight test The crucial first test-firing of Israel's Arrow-3 interceptor missile, designed to destroy ballistic weapons, reportedly has been postponed despite efforts to boost the Jewish state's missile defenses amid threats of pre-emptive strikes against Iran. ... more | .. |
  Bryan Campen joins XCOR as Director of Media and Public Relations XCOR Aerospace reports that Bryan Campen has joined the company as its Director of Media and Public Relations. Members of the press and media are invited to update their records. Campen will b ... more | .. |
  SMARTCAP - Funding opportunity for companies with promising medical products for use on Earth, in space Do you know of a small company developing a medical product that could be adapted to solve a health or human performance challenge in space? Have you developed a biomedical product for the space pro ... more |
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  Stagnant Interiors Suppress Chances of Life on Super-Earths Exoplanet hunters estimate that there could be billions of super-Earths - planets with a mass of up to ten times that of Earth - orbiting stars in the Milky Way alone. But do super-Earths real ... more | .. |
  ORBITEC Has Real "Vision" For Its New AUSEP Rocket Engine Orbital Technologies recently conducted several key rocket engine technology demonstrations at its large engine test facility in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Under observation by representatives from b ... more | .. |
 Curiosity Completes Longest Drive Yet On Sol 50 (Sept. 26), Curiosity completed its longest drive yet, rolling about 160 feet (48.9 meters) eastward toward the Glenelg area. The mission's total distance driven has now reached one-quarte ... more | .. |
 Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet Enormous troughs that reach across the asteroid Vesta may actually be stretch marks that hint of a complexity beyond most asteroids. Scientists have been trying to determine the origin of these unus ... more |
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 Russia, Belarus astronomers discover brightest comet Russia's amateur astronomer Artyom Novichonok and his Belarusian colleague Vitaly Nevsky have discovered a comet which might become the brightest this decade. The new celestial body was spotte ... more | .. |
  Space freighter undocking set for Friday The undocking of a supply craft from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place Friday after a three-day delay, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. ... more | .. |
 Stellar Shockwaves Shaped Our Solar System The early years of our solar system were a turbulent time, and questions remain about its development. Dr. Tagir Abdylmyanov, Associate Professor from Kazan State Power Engineering University, has b ... more | .. |
  China to promote drones for marine surveillance China will promote the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to strengthen the nation's marine surveillance, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said on Sunday. The SOA verifie ... more |
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'All eyes on Arctic': Canada boosts its northern force
Proposed 'weather control' bans surge across US states
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 Iran tests missiles, unveils drone amid Israel tensions Iran has tested anti-air and anti-ship missiles and unveiled a new drone, its powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, in a show of military readiness for a war with Israel their chief says is inevitable. ... more | .. |
  Mobile missile complexes: Russia's nuclear shield future The Teykovskaya Division of Russia's Strategic Missile Troops located in the Ivanovo region is the first division fully rearmed with the new Topol-M (SS-27) and RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic ... more | .. |
 Mars-like Places on Earth Give Insights into Rover Data Life thrives on Planet Earth. In even the most inhospitable places - the freezing Antarctic permafrost, Sun-baked salt pans in Tunisia or the corrosively acidic Rio Tinto in Spain - pockets of life ... more | .. |
  Sharpest-ever Ground-based Images of Pluto and Charon: Proves a Powerful Tool for Exoplanet Discoveries Despite being infamously demoted from its status as a major planet, Pluto (and its largest companion Charon) recently posed as a surrogate extrasolar planetary system to help astronomers produce exc ... more |
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  Hubble Goes to the eXtreme to Assemble Farthest-Ever View of the Universe Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of mankind's deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, th ... more | .. |
 Professor says NASA's Martian weather reports show extreme pressure swings Curiosity, the NASA rover that landed on Mars last month, is sending us remarkable weather observations from the Martian surface that are attracting interest from scientists. "From a weather point o ... more | .. |
 The Rich Colours of a Cosmic Seagull This new image from ESO's La Silla Observatory shows part of a stellar nursery nicknamed the Seagull Nebula. This cloud of gas, formally called Sharpless 2-292, seems to form the head of the seagull ... more | .. |
  Basing of first US Space Fence facility announced The Air Force will base a Space Fence radar site on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with initial operations capability planned for fiscal 2017. The Fence will provide ... more |
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 Russia to send all-novice crew to ISS A crew of three all-novice members would be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in October, Russia's Cosmonauts Training Center said Tuesday. The crew, consisting of Russian cosmonau ... more | .. |
 Curiosity Finishes Close Inspection of Rock Target NASA's rover Curiosity touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on Sept. 22, assessing what chemical elements are in the rock called "Jake Matijevic." After a short drive ... more | .. |
 Dawn: Vesta Got Special Delivery of Hydrated Minerals The mechanism that incorporates water into the terrestrial planets is a matter of extensive debate for planetary scientists. Now, observations of the giant asteroid Vesta by NASA's Dawn mission sugg ... more | .. |
 ATV undocking postponed The undocking of ATV-3 from the International Space Station late last night was postponed due to an incorrect command. During operations ATV-3 performed perfectly in line with its pre-defined measur ... more |
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  Landslide mapping in the Swiss Alps Archived radar data from the Envisat mission are playing an important role in mapping landslides in Switzerland. The mission's vast archives continue to prove useful for mapping ground deformation. ... more | .. |
 Where is Deimos? Despite more than a century of observations, the orbit of the Martian moon Deimos is still not known to a high degree of accuracy, but a new study using images taken by ESA's Mars Express orbiter ha ... more | .. |
 Space debris threatens ISS: report The International Space Station is in danger of being hit by two pieces of debris from an old Russian satellite that had previously hit a US craft in 2009, a news report said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Toyota unveils robot helping hand Japanese car giant Toyota on Wednesday unveiled a robotic best friend that can offer a helping hand around the house fetching and carrying for the elderly or immobile. ... more |
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