NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons mission to visit after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system. The destination is a small Kuiper […]
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5 Space Leaders Making a Difference
Making a difference can be measured in any number of ways: triumph, budget, policy, inspiration, influence or vision. All of the above are represented in this year’s brief compilation of difference makers.
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Lunar crater named for former SwRI Space Scientist David C. Slater
At the request of scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), the International Astronomical Union has named a crater near the south pole of the Moon for the late Dr. David […]
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Spitzer Confirms Closest Rocky Exoplanet
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system, larger than Earth and a potential gold mine of science data. […]
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Philae results shed light on the nature of comets
Landing points (SONC) on a NAVCAM image are shown. Note that a second TD2, here taken at 17:24 (observed time: 17:25:26) is not modeled by RMOC and here only an […]
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UH Astronomer to Head IAU Division on Planetary Science and Astrobiology
Nader Haghighipour, an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy and the NASA Astrobiology Institute at the University of Hawai?i at M?noa has been elected president of Division F (planetary systems […]
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Opening Statement by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson – Pluto Flyby Hearing
Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Exploration of the Solar System: From Mercury to Pluto and Beyond Full Committee Hearing July 28, 2015 Good […]
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Phytron Space Engines Power the Cameras of the DAWN Space Probe
Space: The final frontier Space flight of the 21st century has not even left our solar system and already fills the people with wonder, through stunning images and data. Step […]
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Imhotep Mosaic
Mosaic of six OSIRIS narrow-angle camera images of the geologically diverse Imhotep region on Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. The mosaic comprises images taken on 3 August, 25 August and 5 September 2014 […]
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Airbus Defence and Space to build JUICE spacecraft, ESA’s next life-tracker inside the Solar System
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, as the prime contractor to develop and build the JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons […]
