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Jeff Williams new NASA record holder for cumulative days in space
Phys.org - 25 Aug 2016 15:16
Station Commander Jeff Williams passed astronaut Scott Kelly, also a former station commander, for most cumulative days living and working in space by a NASA astronaut (520 days and counting). Williams is scheduled to la...
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Mars 2020 Rover Mission
NASA Breaking news - 25 Aug 2016 22:46Scientists discover a 'dark' Milky Way: Massive galaxy consists almost entirely of dark matter
Phys.org - 25 Aug 2016 21:54
Using the world's most powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has found a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of dark matter.
NASA's Juno to Soar Closest to Jupiter This Saturday
PTTU - 25 Aug 2016 21:08
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:
Shields Up, Mr. Sulu! Cruising At 20% Speed Of Light Has Some Inherent Risks
Universe Today - 25 Aug 2016 19:52
Back in April, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking unveiled Project Starshot. As the latest venture by Breakthrough Initiatives, Starshot was conceived with the aims of sending a tiny sp...
Scientists Discover Massive Galaxy Made of 99.99 Percent Dark Matter
PTTU - 25 Aug 2016 19:00
Keck Observatory:
Rosetta Captures Comet Outburst
SpaceRef - 25 Aug 2016 18:55
In unprecedented observations made earlier this year, Rosetta unexpectedly captured a dramatic comet outburst that may have been triggered by a landslide....
US National Parks from Space: 100 Years of Nature (Photos)
SPACE.com - 25 Aug 2016 18:52
See amazing photos of U.S. National Parks from space as seen by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in August 2016.
China Unveils Mars Rover Design, Launches Name Search
SPACE.com - 25 Aug 2016 18:22
A press event was held in Beijing, China that signaled the launching of a public competitive campaign to get a name and logo for the country's first robotic Mars probe.
NASA Test Flights Examine Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence on Sonic Booms
PTTU - 25 Aug 2016 18:00
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center:
ALMA finds unexpected trove of gas around larger stars
Phys.org - 25 Aug 2016 17:25
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) surveyed dozens of young stars--some Sun-like and others approximately double that size--and discovered that the larger variety have surprisingly ...
ESO's Discovery of 'Mystery Planet' Orbiting Nearby Star Proxima Centauri --"Could Prove to Be Twice the Age of Earth and Harbor Intelligent Life"
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Aug 2016 17:14
"Red dwarfs - the dim bulbs of the cosmos - have received scant attention by SETI scientists in the past," said Jon Richard, of SETI, a private, non-profit organization which stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intell...
Why Do We Send Animals to Space?
SPACE.com - 25 Aug 2016 17:00
Humans have been sending animals to space for almost 70 years, but the questions they hope to answer have evolved in that time.
Happy Anniversary, Voyager 2! NASA Probe Flew by Saturn 35 Years Ago
SPACE.com - 25 Aug 2016 17:00
Thirty-five years ago today, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft got an up-close look at beautiful, enigmatic Saturn.
Obscure Cosmic Radio Phenomenon --"May Unveil Unexplained Existence of Dark Matter"
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Aug 2016 16:07
"The echoing of FRBs is a very direct probe of dark matter," Munoz said. "While gravitational waves might 'indicate' that dark matter is made of black holes, there are other ways to produce very-massive black holes with ...
Record-Breaking Astronaut Jeff Williams Congratulated By Scott Kelly | Video
SPACE.com - 25 Aug 2016 15:42
NASA's Jeff Williams recently became the first astronaut to surpass 520 days in Space. It was a record previously held by Scott Kelly.
First test of Breakthrough Starshot interstellar probe highlights likely damage due to gas and dust
Phys.org - 25 Aug 2016 15:40
(Phys.org)--A small team of researchers at Harvard University who are part of the Breakthrough Starshot team has been testing the likely damage to an interstellar spacecraft traveling at approximately one-fifth the speed...
Image: Ariane 5's fourth launch this year
Phys.org - 25 Aug 2016 15:09
An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered two telecom satellites, Intelsat-33e and Intelsat-36, into their planned orbits.
Video: Using VR in ESA's Orbital Robotics Lab
Phys.org - 25 Aug 2016 15:09
Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during a summer visit to ESTEC's Orbital Robotics Laboratory, experiencing weightless motion in 2D - courtesy of a friction-free air-bearing platform combined with a virtual reality ...
Follow-Up: Just How Hot Was July 2016?
Bad Astronomy - 25 Aug 2016 15:00
The other day I posted an article about how ridiculously warm July 2016 was globally. Like every month for 10 months in a row, it was the hottest such month since records have been reliably kept (starting in 1880). This ...
Rosetta captures comet outburst
ESA - 25 Aug 2016 15:00NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 24 August 2016
SpaceRef - 25 Aug 2016 14:59
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams established a new record for most time spent in space by a NASA astronaut today, surpassing 520 days in space over his four missions....