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Nasa Issues 'remastered' View of Jupiter's Moon Europa
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Nasa Issues 'remastered' View of Jupiter's Moon Europa

Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa.

Newest Nasa Mars Orbiter Demonstrates Relay Prowess
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Newest Nasa Mars Orbiter Demonstrates Relay Prowess

The newest node in NASA's Mars telecommunications network—a radio aboard the MAVEN orbiter custom-designed for data links with robots on the surface of Mars—handled...

Nasa's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Mineral Match
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Nasa's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Mineral Match

Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain by NASA's Curiosity rover has yielded the mission's first confirmation of a mineral mapped...

Cassini Sees Sunny Seas on Titan
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Cassini Sees Sunny Seas on Titan

As it soared past Saturn's large moon Titan recently, NASA's Cassini spacecraft caught a glimpse of bright sunlight reflecting off hydrocarbon seas.

Rosetta's Comet Scrambling Its Jets
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Rosetta's Comet Scrambling Its Jets

This image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, taken by Rosetta's Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) on Sept. 20, from a distance...

Galactic Wheel of Life Shines in Infrared
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Galactic Wheel of Life Shines in Infrared

It might look like a spoked wheel or even a "Chakram" weapon wielded by warriors like "Xena," from the fictional TV show, but this ringed galaxy is actually a vast...

All Three NASA Mars Orbiters Healthy After Comet Flyby
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All Three NASA Mars Orbiters Healthy After Comet Flyby

All three NASA orbiters around Mars confirmed their healthy status Sunday after each took shelter behind Mars during a period of risk from dust released by a passing...

Nasa Mission Provides Its First Look at Martian Upper Atmosphere
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Nasa Mission Provides Its First Look at Martian Upper Atmosphere

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars, produced...

Nasa Prepares its Science Fleet For Oct. 19 Mars Comet Encounter
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Nasa Prepares its Science Fleet For Oct. 19 Mars Comet Encounter

NASA's extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and study a once-in-a-lifetime comet flyby...

Tiny U.s. Region Is Methane 'hot Spot,' Nasa Finds
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Tiny U.s. Region Is Methane 'hot Spot,' Nasa Finds

One small "hot spot" in the U.S. Southwest is responsible for producing the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen over the United States—more...

Striking View of Saturn's Polar 'Hexagon'
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Striking View of Saturn's Polar 'Hexagon'

Nature is often more complex and wonderful than it first appears. For example, although it looks like a simple hexagon, this feature surrounding Saturn's north...

Rosetta Comet Fires Its Jets
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Rosetta Comet Fires Its Jets

The four images that make up a new montage of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko were taken on September 26, 2014 by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft...

Nasa Mission Points to Origin of 'ocean of Storms' on Earth's Moon
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Nasa Mission Points to Origin of 'ocean of Storms' on Earth's Moon

Using data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), mission scientists have solved a lunar mystery almost as old as the moon itself.

Nasa's Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Red Planet
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Nasa's Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Red Planet

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars' orbit at 7:24 p.m. PDT (10:24 p.m. EDT) Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now...

Dawn Operating Normally After Safe Mode Triggered
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Dawn Operating Normally After Safe Mode Triggered

The Dawn spacecraft has resumed normal ion thrusting after the thrusting unexpectedly stopped and the spacecraft entered safe mode on September 11.

Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission's...

NASA Instrument on Rosetta: First Science Results
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NASA Instrument on Rosetta: First Science Results

A NASA instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter has successfully made its first delivery of science data from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...

Memory Reformat Planned For Opportunity Mars Rover
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Memory Reformat Planned For Opportunity Mars Rover

An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash...

Nasa Telescopes ­ncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy
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Nasa Telescopes ­ncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy

Astronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction.

Nasa Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Neptune's Orbit
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Nasa Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Neptune's Orbit

NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close...
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