NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered an insane amount of methane on Mars. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday revealed the largest amount of methane ever measured during this mission: about 21 parts per […]
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NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, along with co-investigators, including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, the Space and Missile Systems Center, and Aerojet, are scheduled to launch Ball's Green Propellant...
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From NASA June 23, 2019 This week, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover found a surprising result: the largest amount of methane ever measured during the mission — about 21 parts per billion units by volume (ppbv). One ppbv means that if you take a...
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TL;DR: This futuristic NASA AR notebook and mug bundle is $5 off, dropping the price to $54.99.
Space is the place, amirite? Sadly, most of us will never actually blast off on our own voyages of discovery. But for those who still dream about...
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An Office of the Inspector General report says that a hacker accessed the network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA in April 2018 by targeting an unauthorized Raspberry Pi, a small computer that is often used to make DIY...
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NASA's Astrobee cube robots are finally earning their space wings... in a manner of speaking. The agency has confirmed that one of the bots, Bumble, flew on its own for the first time aboard the International Space Station on June 14th. While...
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NASA has revealed it discovered a security breach that allowed hackers to steal 500MB of data related to ‘major mission systems.’ The incident was discovered in April 2018 by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which found that an...
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With the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing fast approaching, there's a veritable deluge of programs, events, and media of various forms, all dedicated to recapturing an astonishing moment in humanity's collective...
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NASA’s Curiosity rover previously detected traces of methane on Mars, confirmed by the European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express mission. The Mars Trace Gas Orbiter, which recently landed on Mars, however, showed no signs of the gas, puzzling...
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Earlier this evening, a not-so-tiny asteroid swooped past our planet on what NASA announced as its closest-ever approach to planet Earth.
Dubbed 2019 LM1, the space rock is estimated to be up to 134 feet wide. This makes it a little over twice the...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover found possible signs of life on the Red Planet this week, in findings published Saturday in The New York Times. However, it’s far too early to conclude that life exists, or ever did exist, on Mars.
On Wednesday,...
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There's a space race happening right now. It's not between the United States and Russia, or any nations at all, for that matter, but it's definitely happening. It's a race between SpaceX and Boeing to be the first company to deliver a crew-capable...
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With limited resources to monitor often-unpredictable algae blooms, water managers are turning to new technologies from NASA and its partners to detect and keep track of potential hazards.
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Suomi NPP/VIIRS image of the Raikoke plume, taken June 22, 2019. NASA.
It has been awhile since we've had an unexpected eruption, but last night Raikoke in the Kuril Islands off Russia had an impressive explosion. Most people (and volcanologists)...
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Neither NASA nor the Apollo 11 astronauts knew exactly where they were when they landed on the Moon. Yet it didn’t impede the mission.
This is the 22nd in an exclusive series of 50 articles, one published each day until July 20, exploring...
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From NASA June 20, 2019 RELEASE 19-047 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnail s/image/solarwind.png NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space. One of the selected missions...
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Scientists are using the results of two experiments on the International Space Station to develop a formula to make concrete on the moon - a likely material needed to build a permanent base for humans, NASA said in a press...
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While the exact location of the strange phenomenon spotted by the rover was not immediately clear, apparently it wasn’t the first mysterious sight spotted by the craft on the Red Planet.
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Astronauts in the International Space Station have some flying robot company, with the first of three Astrobee ‘bots taking flight. NASA dispatched two of the cuboid trio to the ISS earlier in the year, where the robots will eventually help...
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The PUNCH mission will include four microsatellites that work together to watch the entire heliosphere. (Credit: SwRI)
The sun powers life on Earth and keeps us from freezing to death. It also occasionally sends out bursts of charged particles...
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