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Pale Blue, Deep Blue: How Uranus and Neptune Get Their Colors: While the giant, icy worlds are similar in many ways, a thinner, more active haze makes Neptune ...
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We now know why Uranus is the colour that it is: The secret behind what gives the ice planet its distinctive blue hues has been discovered by Oxford University ...
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Pale Blue, Deep Blue: How Uranus and Neptune Get Their Colors: While the giant, icy worlds are similar in many ways, a thinner, more active haze makes Neptune ...
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We now know why Uranus is the colour that it is: The secret behind what gives the ice planet its distinctive blue hues has been discovered by Oxford University ...
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After Months of Gibberish, Voyager 1 Is Communicating Well Again: NASA scientists spent months coaxing the 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft back into healthy ...
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Voyager 1 space probe sends usable data back to Earth: The 46-year-old research instrument only produced unreadable data garbage for months ...
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Quick Glance: Voyager 1 Sends Usable Data to Earth Again
- Launched in 1977, Voyager 1's mission is to explore interstellar space.
- After sending unreadable data for months, a fix was found for the issue.
- Experts repaired a faulty chip in the Flight Data Subsystem to resume sending readable data.
- The mission remains iconic, but the battery's longevity is uncertain as the probe continues its journey through the Milky Way.
NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan: Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.
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Miles of optical fiber crafted aboard ISS marks manufacturing first: ZBLAN fibers made in space hopefully don't crystallize and are far less brittle ...
theregister.com/2024/04/23/miles_of_fiber_optic_lines/
NASA confirms Florida house hit by a piece of ISS battery pack: Who needs aircon when you have NASA to punch holes through your home?
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Quick Glance: Fragment of ISS Battery Hits Florida Residence
- A confirmed piece of space debris hit a Florida home in March, originating from a discarded ISS battery pallet.
- The fragment that entered the house of Alejandro Otero in Naples, Florida, pierced through the roof and crossed 2 floors.
- Following thorough examination, the US space agency confirmed that the fragment was indeed part of the cargo pallet used to secure the batteries.
- NASA intends to update its predictive models for object decay during re-entry and the ISS team will investigate the disposal of the cargo pallet to enhance understanding of the debris's survival.
Mars helicopter sends final message, but will keep collecting data: One last software update installed safely, reconfigured it as 'stationary testbed'
theregister.com/2024/04/18/mars_helicopter_ingenuity_final_message/
LIVE: Total solar eclipse as seen through NASA telescope: Reuters Live on X (Twitter)
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Quick Glance: Airplane Observes Solar Eclipse in Bloomington
- An airplane flies near the total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana.
- People watch the partial solar eclipse on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York City.
- Sophia Moccia, 4, from Queens views the eclipse with a homemade mask in New York City.
- A solar eclipse is visible in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Voyager1: Radio contact with the probe has been restored: After five months of radio silence, NASA has restored radio contact with the Voyager1 spacecraft ...
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Space travel without fuel: NASA is testing solar sails for future missions: Sailing through space with sunlight? This is what NASA's revolutionary propulsion ...
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NASA solar sail to be Siriusly visible in orbit from Earth: Look out for a new star next week
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Satellite photos: This year’s ‘average’ Sierra snowpack compared to previous years
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Retired NASA astronaut visits Orange, recounts his journey from farm fields to outer space
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NASA seeks cheaper ideas for Mars sample return mission amid budget crunch: NASA is seeking a cheaper, simpler approach to one of its top science priorities in ...
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NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit: If it were to happen, a revised Artemis III mission could echo Apollo 9.
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NASA needs help retrieving Mars samples that may reveal past alien life: NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ...
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You will soon have a chance to see an exploding star: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime thing,’ NASA says
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NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope: Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts
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How Will the Solar Eclipse Affect Animals? NASA Needs Your Help to Find Out: NASA's Eclipse Soundscapes project will collect observations and soundscapes ...
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Quick Glance: The future total solar eclipses
- The next total solar eclipse in North America will occur on March 30, 2033, not in twenty years.
- The 2033 eclipse will offer a unique spectacle in Alaska after sunrise, coinciding with the aurora borealis season. Additionally, the path of totality extends to Siberia.
- The eclipse on August 23, 2044, will be visible in Montana and North Dakota, with Greenland and parts of Canada along the path.
- An equally remarkable eclipse to the 2024 event will take place on August 12, 2045, covering Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Florida in its path of totality.
NASA to launch drone-like Dragonfly rotorcraft to explore Saturn's moon Titan
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Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles away in interstellar space, but NASA hopes to get the probe back to science work after diagnosing a memory problem.
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Australia has a new astronaut. But what would it take to get her to space?: Katherine Bennell-Pegg, who has graduated from the European Space Agency ...
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Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo: Hubble continues to deliver the goods.
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Nasa: Photographer impressively shows decades of sexual discrimination: For decades, NASA excluded queer people from its programs. The photographer Mackenzie ...
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The Lyrids meteor shower is peaking. Here's how to enjoy it with a bright moon: The Lyrids meteor shower is active until April 29 and is peaking overnight from ...
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Houston native Loral O'Hara discusses her 6 months in space: The NASA astronaut recently returned to Earth after spending more than six months on the ...
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In exchange for a lunar rover, Japan will get seats on Moon-landing missions: Japan is making a significant commitment to the US-led Artemis program.
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If Alien Life Is Found, How Should Scientists Break the News?: At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a potential discovery of ...
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NASA images show how big Death Valley’s ‘rare’ lake got this winter: The driest place in North America had a lake big enough you could kayak in this past winter.
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If Alien Life Is Found, How Should Scientists Break the News?: At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a potential discovery of ...
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SpaceX’s Starship Could Save NASA’s Beleaguered Mars Sample Return Mission: Facing budgetary pressure for its Mars Sample Return program, NASA has turned to ...
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NASA Chief warns of China's secretive space militarisation; Urges accelerated moon mission
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One of these concept lunar vehicles could join NASA’s Artemis V astronauts on the moon
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A mysterious silver object has been orbiting the Moon for 15 years. What is it? : The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday (Apr 5) ...
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Asteroid collision of NASA's Dart probe: debris could hit Mars: When NASA sent a probe hurtling into the asteroid Dimorphos, it was assured that there was no ...
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Why Detroit’s Black Tech Saturday Matters: Hey, it’s Jeff Green, stopping by for a visit from my beat on the Equality team. This week I want to talk about ...
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Deep sea footage shows inside sunken passenger plane mistaken for missing MH370: This deep-sea footage shows inside a sunken passenger plane, once thought to be ...
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DC Metro's Design Changes Aim to Aid Wayfinding and Boost Ridership: New signage for Washington’s Metrorail aims to boost ridership by helping people get ...
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NASAs Juno captures erupting volcanoes on Jupiters moon Io. Watch!: NASAs Juno captures erupting volcanoes on Jupiters moon Io. Watch!
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Japan’s planning its first lunar steps with the Artemis program: The United States and Japan have entered into an agreement that will change the course of space ...
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NASA’s Artemis Astronauts Will Help Grow Crops on the Moon—And Much More: When astronauts return to the moon later this decade, they’ll bring along science ...
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Is the solar eclipse dangerous? : When you stare into the eclipse, the eclipse stares back into you, potentially causing solar retinopathy — permanent damage to ...
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NASA's Webb Telescope found margarita, vinegar-like chemicals on protostar : NASA's Webb Telescope discovered margarita and vinegar-like chemicals on a ...
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NASA picks 3 teams to design the next generation of moon buggy: NASA has given three space companies the chance to design the next generation moon buggy — but ...
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Quick Glance: NASA awards contracts for autonomous moon rovers
- NASA awarded contracts to three commercial space companies to develop autonomous rovers for moving cargo and people on the moon as it establishes a lasting presence there.
- The companies will partner with NASA to pursue commercial opportunities, with contracts totaling up to $4.6 billion over 15 years for lunar terrain vehicles.
- These rovers will enable astronauts to explore more of the lunar surface, especially at the South Pole, and conduct autonomous scientific operations.
- NASA continues to invest in technologies like moon habitats, energy generation, and mining to enhance lunar exploration and achieve the goal of returning astronauts to a moon base.
Asteroid defense: How the Earth protects itself: Asteroid impacts are a popular threat scenario in disaster movies. But how great is the danger really? And could ...
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April 8 solar eclipse: What UAE residents need to know: Dubai Astronomy Group official answers questions on visibility, path and other aspects
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NASA reveals identity of mystery object that crashed into Florida home. Here's what it was
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Never seen an exploding star? This year, you'll have your chance: A nova of the T Coronae Borealis star system is expected to happen at some point through ...
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NASA looking for a quicker, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth:
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Quick Glance: James Webb Telescope live updates: NASA releases photos that reveal cosmic secrets
- NASA has released the first photographs from the new James Webb Space Telescope, including some dating back 13 billion years.
- The final image, the Carina Nebula's cosmic cliffs, reveals for the first time hundreds of stars that were previously hidden from view.
- The Carina Nebula image provides a unique look of stars in their early, fast stages of creation.
- The Carina Nebula is a star-forming region within our own Milky Way galaxy that is rather close (in space terms).
A knotty problem: Boffins working on fuel-efficient trajectories for space travel
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This is the new spaceship that will take humans back to the moon: Stacked and ready.
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NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter's possibly life-sustaining moon - Science & Tech - The Jakarta Post
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Quick Glance: NASA unveils probe for potentially life-sustaining Jupiter moon
- US space scientists revealed the interplanetary Clipper spacecraft destined for one of Jupiter's icy moons in search of extraterrestrial life.
- The Clipper spacecraft is set to launch in October and conduct a detailed study of Jupiter's moon Europa over five years.
- The mission aims to identify conditions that could support life but is not specifically searching for life itself.
- The probe is expected to operate until 2034 before crashing into another body in the Jovian system to conclude the mission.
NASA welcomes Switzerland, Sweden as countries sign Artemis Accords - UPI.com: The United States welcomed Switzerland and Sweden as the latest countries to sign ...
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NASA will be studying the total solar eclipse. Here's how you can help: On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible across a swath of North America ...
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Why is methane seeping on Mars? NASA scientists have new ideas: The most surprising revelation from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover—that methane is seeping from the ...
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New calculations have raised concerns popular eclipse maps might be off. Here’s what scientists say
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NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work: A new lunar time zone is all about ensuring the success of future ...
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NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez inspires Hispanic youth in Dallas for eclipse: The crowd gathered at the AT&T Discovery District for the eclipse included dozens of ...
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How Miami-Dade students are feeding astronauts. Inside NASA-funded program at Fairchild
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NASA Juno Captures Stunning Views Of A Hellish Volcanic Moon Of Jupiter: The incredible animations create three-dimensional renderings of one of Io’s mountains ...
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How Will the Solar Eclipse Affect Animals? NASA Needs Your Help to Find Out: NASA's Eclipse Soundscapes project will collect observations and soundscapes ...
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NASA lets young people experience the solar eclipse on Fortnite, Minecraft, and Twitch
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Total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024: Where to see it: Millions of people will soon be able to admire a special astronomical event: a total solar eclipse ...
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What does a solar eclipse look like from Mars? NASA shares photos ahead of April 8 totality
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Quick Glance: Mars Eclipses: NASA Shares Photos Ahead of April 8 Totality
- Mars had its own solar eclipse before the rare North American total eclipse.
- Perseverance rover captured Mars moons Phobos and Deimos during transits.
- Mars moons too small for total solar eclipse, but crucial for measurements.
- Phobos on collision course with Mars, expected impact within next 50 million years.
A Fleet of Satellites Caught the Total Solar Eclipse From Orbit, and the Footage Is Spectacular - IGN
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Loch Ness Monster hunters ask NASA ‘to help us on our quest’: NASA has been tapped — or at least, as been ask to help — in the search of the Loch Ness Monster
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Satellite Images Show the Total Solar Eclipse’s Shadow From Space: An American weather satellite is capturing the movement of the moon’s shadow across North ...
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Total solar eclipse: A 4-minute window into the universe's secrets: Eclipse fever is building in North America, but for some those minutes of darkness will be an ...
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How to take eclipse photos: Pointing cell phone at eclipse could damage your phone, NASA says
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How to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse Online: Celebrate the April 8 total solar eclipse all weekend long and on the day of the event with these livestreams from ...
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Quick Glance: New York inmates' legal action over solar phenomenon
- Prisoners in a New York correctional facility have taken legal action as the state's Department of Corrections announced restrictions that would hinder their observation of the upcoming total solar eclipse next week.
- The six individuals incarcerated at Woodbourne Correctional Facility are asserting that preventing them from witnessing this rare astronomical occurrence would infringe upon their religious rights as outlined in the constitution.
- The impending solar eclipse is scheduled for Monday afternoon and was last visible in the United States back in 2017. It will not be observable in the country again until 2044.
- A representative from the Department of Corrections informed ABC News that they refrain from commenting on ongoing legal matters but emphasized that the lockdown's purpose is to prioritize the "safety" of both the inmates and prison staff.
Total solar eclipse live stream: How to watch free online, with NASA or from anywhere
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Space Junk from the International Space Station Struck a Home in Florida: Three years ago astronauts threw out the largest piece of trash ever tossed from the ...
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NASA shows how Mars helicopter did the impossible, and then crashed: Extraterrestrial flight.
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US, Russian and Belarusian ISS crew members safely return to Earth: A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and Belarus’s first ever space traveller on Saturday ...
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2024 solar eclipse: A guide on where and how to watch it: Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat on April 8 when a total solar eclipse will pass over ...
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Opinion | NASA Could Use Some Philosopher Astronauts: STEM can’t solve all our problems.
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Solar flares reported during total eclipse as sun nears solar maximum. What are they?
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NASA Prepares to Test Next-Gen Solar Sail Technology: The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is both strong and flexible.
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NASA asked to assist in new hunt to find Loch Ness Monster in Highlands: The Loch Ness Centre, in the Highlands, has asked space explorers Nasa ...
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SpaceX could finally face competition. It may be too late.: Elon Musk’s space venture may finally be facing a space industry that is poised to challenge SpaceX ...
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Soyuz spacecraft brings cosmonaut, Belarusian astronaut, and NASA crew member safely back to Earth
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