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JSC Open House 2001 Set For August 25
For the sixth consecutive year, NASA’s Johnson Space Center will open its doors to the public for its annual Open House event. For one full day, Saturday, Aug. 25, visitors […]
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Swiss geologists find Mars meteorite in the Sultanate of Oman – Exciting find of a Mars meteorite in Oman
Geologists from Bern University and from the Natural History Museum Bern have found more than 180 meteorites in Oman in January/February 2001. The most exciting find is a piece of […]
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Reps. Calvert and Ortiz Introduce “Invest in Space Now” Act (H.R. 2177) – Offers Tax Credit to Investors in Commercial Space Launch Vehicle Companies
Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) today introduced legislation with Congressman Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) to grant tax credits to investors in the emerging commercial space launch vehicle industry. This approach, which ProSpace […]
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XMM-Newton peers into a stellar coffin
Astronomy is a painstaking discipline, requiring time and patience. Yet once in while, a string of discoveries using different telescopes occur in the same domain, each following hot on the […]
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Widespread Oceanic Photopigments Convert Light into Energy
A new energy-generating, light-absorbing pigment called proteorhodopsin is widespread in the world’s oceans, say scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research […]
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Microbes and the dust they ride in on pose potential health risks
Potentially hazardous bacteria and fungi catch a free ride across the Atlantic, courtesy of North African dust plumes. Government researchers who made the discovery believe the stowaway microbes might pose […]
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Adolescent Interstellar Cloud Poised to Make Star-forming Debut
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 140-foot radio telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, W.Va., have discovered a highly unusual, massive interstellar cloud that […]
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Free flights, plane pull, classic cars featured at Moffett Field
A full day of activities, including free flights aboard a variety of privately owned aircraft, an opportunity to pull a 150,000-pound jet aircraft 12 feet in the fastest time and […]
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From Enigma to Tool: Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Secrets of Host Galaxy
Five years ago, astronomers knew almost nothing about Gamma Ray Bursts. Now, a team of observers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope has used a […]
