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NASA Goddard Joins Team to Explore the Solar System’s Final Frontier
At the edge of our solar system lies a frigid double planet that has never been visited by spacecraft — Pluto. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., has joined […]
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Not-so-soft landings on other worlds
If you threw your best camera out of a fast-moving car, you might not expect it to work very well afterwards. European space teams are preparing to hurl cameras and […]
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The Edinburgh Ministerial Council: ESA programmes and budgets
The programmes tabled for decisions at ESA’s Council meeting at ministerial level, held in Edinburgh on 14 and 15 November, covered the Level of Resources (Science and General Budget), Earth […]
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Tool For First Comet Orbiter Will Examine Escaping Gases
A lightweight NASA instrument from California has arrived in the Netherlands, one step closer in its journey to examine how gases escape from the nucleus of a comet. The Microwave […]
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The Leonids meteor shower — best one yet?
This year’s Leonid meteor shower may well be one to remember. Astronomers are predicting a storm of meteors, or shooting stars, perhaps up to 15000 per hour on the night […]
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Europe joins the search for life elsewhere in the Universe
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the search for life beyond our planet is getting serious and Europe is playing a full role. Over the next two years, the […]
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Space-based solar racing car on starting grid
On 18 November, 43 racing cars will be jostling for position at the start of the 6th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, Australia. Among them, a slick student-built machine that […]
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ESA’s new antenna is quite a dish!
Sending a spacecraft such as Rosetta millions of kilometres into space to explore other worlds is one of the most exciting endeavours undertaken by modern science. However, the fiery launch […]
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The Continuing Adventures of Deep Space 1
NASA’s Deep Space 1 probe is about to begin its greatest adventure yet — a daring plunge into a comet. Kirk: “I take it the odds are against us and […]
