Two of the oldest volcanoes on Mars, which have been active for 3.5 billion years, are providing clues to the possibility of life on the planet, according to preliminary analysis […]
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Full House Science Committee Hearing: Climate Change: The State of the Science
Press Contacts: Bill Steponkus (William.Steponkus@mail.house.gov) Jeff Donald (Jeffrey.Donald@mail.house.gov) (202)225-4275 ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Science Committee to Hold Hearing on State of Climate Change Science WHAT: Full Committee Hearing entitled: “Climate Change: The […]
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Life rebounded quickly after collision 65 million years ago that wiped out dinosaurs
PASADENA, Calif. — Though the dinosaurs fared poorly in the comet or meteor impact that destroyed two-thirds of all living species 65 illion years ago, new evidence shows that various […]
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Latest status of International Space Station payload operations to be available to news media
What: The latest status on payload operations aboard the International Space Station — including comprehensive background information and photographs of science experiment payloads — is now available to news media […]
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Physicists hope to strike scientific gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota
A committee of leading physicists today advocated the renovation of the 125-year-old Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a unique underground science laboratory. The National […]
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Human Reflexes to be Studied in First Canadian Experiment on International Space Station
Saint-Hubert, Quebec, March 2, 2001 – Canada’s first scientific experiment to be performed onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to launch March 8, 2001, on Space Shuttle Discovery. […]
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Support to Orbiting Manned Space Flight by the United States Space Command
Every day, the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) monitors more than 8,000 man-made objects orbiting the Earth. The command supports manned space flight with data from a worldwide Space Surveillance […]
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Multi-Wavelength Observations of Coronal Structure and Dynamics — Yohkoh 10th Anniversary Meeting – First Announcement
The purpose of this meeting is to review the many and varied advances in our understanding of the dynamic solar atmosphere in the past 10 years of observations by Yohkoh […]
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The other ISO legacy: a pioneering infrared space telescope passes on its expertise to its successors
Contacts: Leo Metcalfe, Chairman Tel: +34 91 8131100 Leo.Metcalfe@esa.int Martin Kessler, ISO Project Scientist Tel: +34 91 8131253 Martin.Kessler@esa.int ESA Science Communication Service +31 71 565 3223 Although a space […]
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Astronomers describe search for habitable planets beyond solar system as new observatories detect molecules of life
Using spectral tools for infrared and submillimeter wave observations, astronomers are looking for the building blocks of life in all the right places: where there might be oxygen and where […]
