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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of survey data, with the spacecraft discovering 97 previously...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 6, 2017
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a comprehensive...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 2, 2017
Saturn's icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus may have tipped over in the distant past, according to recent research from NASA's Cassini mission.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 31, 2017
Pale "halos" around fractures in bedrock analyzed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid water for a long...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 31, 2017
Early science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 25, 2017
Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 11, 2017
As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 8, 2017
A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 4, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 28, 2017
Scientists have discovered a new planet with the mass of Earth, orbiting its star at the same distance that we orbit our sun.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 26, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to make its first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 26, 2017
NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is departing "Cape Tribulation," a crater-rim segment it has explored since late 2014, southbound for its next destination...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 21, 2017
Raul Polit Casillas grew up around fabrics. His mother is a fashion designer in Spain, and, at a young age, he was intrigued by how materials are used for design...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 20, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn since 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 5, 2017
The most data-productive spacecraft yet at Mars swept past its 50,000th orbit this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever accomplished...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 31, 2017
NASA pulled off a scientific double play in Hawaii this winter, using the same instruments and aircraft to study both volcanoes and coral reefs.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 28, 2017
As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics—Jupiter is the largest, Saturn has rings, Mercury is closest to the sun. Mars...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 20, 2017
A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn's moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 17, 2017
These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's tiny moon, Pan, were taken on March 7, 2017, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The flyby had a close-approach distance of...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 10, 2017