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March 21, 2014

Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2014
A spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower might one day be used to acquire images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars. The prototype deployable structure, called a starshade, is being developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The hunt is on for planets that resemble Earth in size, composition and temperature. Rocky planets with just the right temperature for liquid water - not too hot, not too cold - could be possible abodes for life outside our solar sys ... read more

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NJIT physicist helps to discover a new structure in Earth's radiation belt An NJIT physicist is a collaborator in the discovery of a new structure in Earth's inner radiation belt - a zebra-striped structure of highly energized electrons that could endanger humans in space ... more		NRL Researchers Detect Water Around a Hot Jupiter Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are part of a research team that has detected water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The team, including scientist ... more		New hypothesis explains Earth's continued habitability Researchers from USC and Nanjing University in China have documented evidence suggesting that part of the reason that the Earth has become neither sweltering like Venus nor frigid like Mars lies wit ... more
				Dramatic new portrait helps define Milky Way's shape and contents Using more than 2 million images collected by NASA's orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of Wisconsin scientists has stitched together a dramatic 360 degree portrait of the Milky Way, providing ... more		NASA's Van Allen Probes Reveal Zebra Stripes in Space Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding Earth. NASA's twin Van Allen Probes spacecraft have shown that high-energy electrons in the inner rad ... more

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Tracking endangered leatherback sea turtles by satellite, key habitats identified A first-of-its-kind satellite tagging study of migrating New England leatherback turtles in the North Atlantic offers a greatly improved understanding of their seasonal high-use habitats, diving act ... more		Fierce 2012 magnetic storm barely missed Earth Earth dodged a huge magnetic bullet from the sun on July 23, 2012. According to University of California, Berkeley, and Chinese researchers, a rapid succession of coronal mass ejections - the most i ... more		U.S.military ramps up tech capabilities to improve effectiveness Maintaining US space dominance requires rapid and reliable delivery of new systems India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets		NASA Extends Lockheed Martin Contract to Support ISS The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently awarded Lockheed Martin a one-year contract extension on the Cargo Mission Contract 2 valued at $22 million. The extension ens ... more
				NASA Spacecraft Reveal New "Zebra Stripes" Structure in Earth's Inner Radiation Belt Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in Earth's inner radiation belt using data from the twin NASA Van Allen Probes spacecraft. Most surprisingly, this structure is produced by the ... more		The Amazing Anatomy of James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors When you think of a mirror, there really isn't that much needed to describe it, but when you look at a mirror that will fly aboard NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope, there's a lot to ... more

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DMSP Satellite Encapsulated For Upcoming Launch A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite built by Lockheed Martin has been encapsulated into its payload fairing in preparation for an April 3 liftoff. The launch will take place ... more		Surface of Titan Sea is mirror smooth, Stanford scientists find New radar measurements of an enormous sea on Titan offer insights into the weather patterns and landscape composition of the Saturnian moon. The measurements, made in 2013 by NASA's Cassini spacecra ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires		Could Alien Life Cope with a Hotter, Brighter Star? The stars in the night sky shine in myriad hues and brightnesses-piercing blues, clean whites, smoldering crimsons. Every star has a different mass, the basic characteristic that determines its size ... more
				First filament winding operations on new Ariane 6 motor structure completed Airbus Defence and Space has just begun the first filament winding operations on a motor case for the future European launcher Ariane 6. This first unit, of a size representative of the future ... more		Antarctic moss returns to life after 1,500 years frozen Moss that was frozen for 1,500 years beneath an ice sheet in Antarctica has been brought back to life, marking the longest life span for any known plant, researchers said Monday. ... more

NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover rouses from latest slumber

Study on lunar crater counting shows crowdsourcing effective, accurate tool

NASA Orbiter Finds New Gully Channel on Mars

The Exploration of Murray Ridge Continues

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Full Duty

Astronauts train at Maxwell

Startup scene flourishes in US capital

Orion Makes Testing, Integration Strides Ahead of First Launch to Space

Tiangong's New Mission

"Space Odyssey": China's aspiration in future space exploration

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	Understanding how mountains and rivers make life possible Favorable conditions for life on Earth are enabled in part by the natural shuttling of carbon dioxide from the planet's atmosphere to its rocky interior and back again. Now Stanford scientists have ... more		Regional warming triggers sustained mass loss in Northeast Greenland ice sheet Northeast Greenland, where the glacier is found, is of particular interest as numerical model predictions have suggested there is no significant mass loss for this sector, leading to a probable unde ... more		NASA Orbiter Finds New Gully Channel on Mars This pair of before (left) and after (right) images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents the formation of a substantial ... more		Your 15 Minutes of 'Frame' - from NASA's Cassini Arguably the most photogenic planet in the solar system, Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet after Jupiter. With its luminous striped surface and stunning ring syst ... more

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NASA Centers Team Up to Tackle Sonic Boom		Herschel completes largest survey of cosmic dust in local Universe		Scientists using UNH detector illuminate cause of sun's 'perfect storm'		Exelis completes transmitter assemblies for first GPS III satellite payload		First Direct Evidence of Inflation and Primordial Gravitational Waves

Building BICEP2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock

NASA's STEREO Studies Extreme Space Weather

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Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface

Thermal vision: Graphene light detector first to span infrared spectrum

Harnessing everyday motion to power mobile devices

Battery that 'breathes' could power next-gen electric vehicles

Planet Labs Set To Launch Largest Satellite Fleet In History

China deploys 21 satellites in search for missing plane

NASA Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

Brazil to launch satellite in December

Prepping for radar vision

Astronauts train at Maxwell

ISS dodges space junk

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the ISS in 2016

NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

EIAST and Satrec to sell Dubai Sat-2 products

Space Launch System - Who Needs It

UCLA study yields more accurate data on thousands of years of climate change

UAVs Reach New Heights With Warsaw Polytechnic and LockMart Partnership

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