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NASA's WISE Spacecraft Discovers Most Luminous Galaxy in niverse
A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
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Nasa Soil Moisture Mission Begins Science Operations
NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations.
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Astronomers Take a New Kind of Pulse From the Sky
Every night, our sky beats with the pulses of radio light waves, most of which go unseen.
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OPALS Boosts Space-to-Ground Optical Communications Research
Ever wonder why stars seem to twinkle?
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Nasa Research Reveals Europa's Mystery Dark Material Could Be Sea Salt
NASA laboratory experiments suggest the dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter's moon Europa is likely sea salt from a subsurface ocean, discolored...
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Nasa Selects Advanced Space Technology Concepts For Further Study
NASA has selected 15 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a program that aims to turn science fiction into science...
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How Dry Is Texas? Smap, Txson Network Aim to Find Out
A new network of sensors in the bone-dry Texas hill country will produce detailed data on soil moisture—when there is any.
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Traffic Around Mars Gets Busy
NASA has beefed up a process of traffic monitoring, communication and maneuver planning to ensure that Mars orbiters do not approach each other too closely.
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NASA Aids Response to Nepal Quake
NASA and its partners are gathering the best available science and information on the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, referred to as the Gorkha...
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Messenger's Final Image
Originally planned to orbit Mercury for one year, the mission exceeded all expectations, lasting for over four years and acquiring extensive datasets with its seven...
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Nasa's New Horizons Detects Surface Features, Possible Polar Cap on Pluto
For the first time, images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft are revealing bright and dark regions on the surface of faraway Pluto—the primary target of the New...
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Jpl Celebrates Hubble's 25th Anniversary
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the world's first space telescope. Hubble images have revealed a vast and colorful...
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Nasa's Nexss Coalition to Lead Search For Life on Distant Worlds
NASA is bringing together experts spanning a variety of scientific fields for an unprecedented initiative dedicated to the search for life on planets outside our...
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Glitter Cloud May Serve as Space Mirror
What does glitter have to do with finding stars and planets outside our solar system?
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Nasa's New Horizons Nears Historic Encounter with Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is three months from returning to humanity the first-ever close up images and scientific observations of distant Pluto and its system...
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Nasa Mars Rover's Weather Data Bolster Case For Brine
Martian weather and soil conditions that NASA's Curiosity rover has measured, together with a type of salt found in Martian soil, could put liquid brine in the...
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Researchers Test Smartphones For Earthquake Warning
Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes, according...
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The Solar System and Beyond Is Awash in Water
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places.
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Dawn in Excellent Shape One Month After Ceres Arrival
Since its capture by the gravity of dwarf planet Ceres on March 6, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has performed flawlessly, continuing to thrust with its ion engine as...
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