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Nasa's Juno to Remain in Current Orbit at Jupiter
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Nasa's Juno to Remain in Current Orbit at Jupiter

NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the...

Nasa: Snow Science Supporting the ­s Water Supply
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Nasa: Snow Science Supporting the ­s Water Supply

Researchers have completed the first flights of a NASA-led field campaign that is targeting one of the biggest gaps in scientists' understanding of Earth's water...

Lasers Could Give Space Research Its 'broadband' Moment
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Lasers Could Give Space Research Its 'broadband' Moment

Thought your Internet speeds were slow? Try being a space scientist for a day.

Scientists Shortlist Three Landing Sites For Mars 2020
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Scientists Shortlist Three Landing Sites For Mars 2020

Participants in a landing site workshop for NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission have recommended three locations on the Red Planet for further evaluation.

Nasa, Uci Reveal New Details of Greenland Ice Loss
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Nasa, Uci Reveal New Details of Greenland Ice Loss

Less than a year after the first research flight kicked off NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland campaign last March, data from the new program are providing a dramatic...

It's Never 'groundhog Day' at Jupiter
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It's Never 'groundhog Day' at Jupiter

NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fourth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 4:57 a.m. PST (7:57 a.m. EST, 12:57 UTC).

Close Views Show Saturn's Rings in ­nprecedented Detail
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Close Views Show Saturn's Rings in ­nprecedented Detail

Newly released images showcase the incredible closeness with which NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now in its "Ring-Grazing" orbits phase, is observing Saturn's dazzling...

A New Test For Life on Other Planets
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A New Test For Life on Other Planets

A simple chemistry method could vastly enhance how scientists search for signs of life on other planets.

Huygens: 'ground Truth' From an Alien Moon
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Huygens: 'ground Truth' From an Alien Moon

After a two-and-a-half-hour descent, the metallic, saucer-shaped spacecraft came to rest with a thud on a dark floodplain covered in cobbles of water ice, in temperatures...

Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard
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Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard

Monster black holes sometimes lurk behind gas and dust, hiding from the gaze of most telescopes. But they give themselves away when material they feed on emits...

Hubble Provides Interstellar Road Map For Voyagers' Galactic Trek
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Hubble Provides Interstellar Road Map For Voyagers' Galactic Trek

NASA's two Voyager spacecraft are hurtling through unexplored territory on their road trip beyond our solar system.

Your Home Planet, as Seen From Mars
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Your Home Planet, as Seen From Mars

From the most powerful telescope orbiting Mars comes a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on the planet and the relative size of the...

Space Timekeeping: Nasa's Sdo Adds Leap Second to Master Clock
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Space Timekeeping: Nasa's Sdo Adds Leap Second to Master Clock

On Dec. 31, 2016, official clocks around the world will add a leap second just before midnight Coordinated Universal Time—which corresponds to 6:59:59 p.m. EST. NASA...

Nasa Releases New Eye-Popping View of Carbon Dioxide
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Nasa Releases New Eye-Popping View of Carbon Dioxide

A new NASA supercomputer project builds on the agency's satellite measurements of carbon dioxide and combines them with a sophisticated Earth system model to provide...

Earth's Magnetic Fields Could Track Ocean Heat: Nasa
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Earth's Magnetic Fields Could Track Ocean Heat: Nasa

As Earth warms, much of the extra heat is stored in the planet's ocean—but monitoring the magnitude of that heat content is a difficult task.

Nasa Juno Mission Prepares For December 11 Jupiter Flyby
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Nasa Juno Mission Prepares For December 11 Jupiter Flyby

On Sunday, December 11, at 9:04 a.m. PST (12:04 p.m. EST, 17:04 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.

Spinoff 2017: Nasa Tech Makes a Difference on Earth
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Spinoff 2017: Nasa Tech Makes a Difference on Earth

NASA has released its Spinoff 2017 publication, which takes a close look at 50 different companies that are using NASA technology—innovations developed by NASA,...

Cassini Makes First Ring-Grazing Plunge
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Cassini Makes First Ring-Grazing Plunge

NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft has made its first close dive past the outer edges of Saturn's rings since beginning its penultimate mission phase on...

Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto's Icy Heart
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Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto's Icy Heart

Scientists are offering several new scenarios to explain the formation of Pluto's frozen heart-shaped feature, first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in...

Nasa Saturn Mission Prepares For 'ring-Grazing Orbits'
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Nasa Saturn Mission Prepares For 'ring-Grazing Orbits'

A thrilling ride is about to begin for NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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