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NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2018 For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. Comparing data from different instruments aboard the trailblazing spacecraft, mission scientists determined the probe crossed the outer edge of the heliosphere on Nov. 5. This boundary, called the heliopause, is where the tenuous, hot solar wind meets the cold, dense interstell ... read more |
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![]() Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 11, 2018 The holidays came early for the science team leading NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid. Monday they announced findings from the mission thus far, which arrived ... more ![]() ![]() San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 A team led by Southwest Research Institute has concluded that the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is rich in organic matter. Data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft indicate that Ceres' surface may contain s ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2018 Every few hours observing the Moon, ESA's 'NELIOTA' project discovers a brilliant flash of light across its surface - the result of an object hurtling through space and striking our unprotected rock ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 NASA's Voyager 2 probe has left the protective bubble around the Sun and is flying through interstellar space, becoming the second human-made object to travel so far, the US space agency said Monday. ... more |
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![]() Exeter UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 Astronomers have discovered a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere, which has swollen to resemble an inflated balloon. An international team of researchers, including J ... more ![]() ![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 11, 2018 Researchers have created tiny droplets of the ultra-hot matter that once filled the early universe, forming three distinct shapes and sizes: circles, ellipses and triangles. The study, publish ... more ![]() ![]() San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 Andres Munoz-Jaramillo and Jose Manuel Vaquero, from Southwest Research Institute and University of Extremadura, respectively, have developed a new technique for looking at historic solar data to di ... more ![]() ![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 10, 2018 It is planned to launch the Russian-German Spektr-RG astrophysics observatory that will be exploring the universe in early April, a source in the rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Sunday. ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope requires a primary mirror so large that it would not fit inside any existing rockets as one single, large mirror. Because of this, Webb is equipped with a revolutio ... more |
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![]() ![]() Russian Scientists Reveal How Mars Mission Will Impact Astronauts' Lifespans ![]() ![]() Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 The largest extinction in Earth's history marked the end of the Permian period, some 252 million years ago. Long before dinosaurs, our planet was populated with plants and animals that were mostly o ... more ![]() |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Dec 07, 2018 Using a 25-year record of ESA satellite data, recent research shows that the pace at which Greenland is losing ice is getting faster. The research, published in Earth and Planetary Science Let ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 by Eric D. Hargan - Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services My father was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and he shared his fascination with planes, NASA and anything ... more ![]() ![]() Houston TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 10:36 a.m. EST. The 1 ... more ![]() ![]() McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 Republican Senator Jim Inhofe's appointment as Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee bodes well for the future of space. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently appointed Senato ... more |
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NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA Sounding Rockets Carry TRICE-2 over Norwegian Sea Wallops Island VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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InSight's robotic arm ready for some lifting on Mars Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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CAT rules in favour of Ofcom's EAN authorisation decision London, UK (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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DRS to provide power modules for the Air and Missile Defense Radar Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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An exoplanet inflated like a balloon Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Record Setting Course-Correction Puts New Horizons on Track to Kuiper Belt Flyby Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Another El Nino on the horizon? Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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UK will build its own satellite-navigation system after Brexit London, UK (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Learning from lunar lights Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Planetary Defense: The Bennu Experiment Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Copernicus Sentinel-5P ozone boosts daily forecasts Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Research provides insights into Sun's past, future San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Honeycomb mirrors make Webb the most powerful Space Telescope ever Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe Oxford UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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