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'Walk on Mars' with Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin at Limited Engagement 'Destination Mars' Holographic Exhibit at KSC Center Visitor Complex
Universe Today - 20 Sep 2016 05:04
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL- Think a Holodeck adventure on Star Trek guided by real life Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and you'll get a really good idea of what's in store for you as you explore the surfa...
Massive Holes Punched Through a Trail of Stars Likely Caused by Dark Matter
SpaceRef - 20 Sep 2016 23:06
Researchers have detected two massive holes which have been 'punched' through a stream of stars just outside the Milky Way, and found that they were likely caused by clumps of dark matter, the invisible substance which h...
NASA Observes Effects of Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet
SpaceRef - 20 Sep 2016 23:04
NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, flew over the Helheim/Kangerdlugssuaq region of Greenland on Sept. 11, 2016....
New Soyuz Mission A Go After Technical Delays
Universe Today - 20 Sep 2016 22:20
On Saturday, September 17th, the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) stated that it would be delaying the launch of the crewed spacecraft Soyuz MS-02. The rocket was scheduled to launch on Friday, September 23rd, and would ...
NASA to Hold Media Call on Evidence of Surprising Activity on Europa
NASA Breaking news - 20 Sep 2016 22:11NASA Scientists Find Impossible Cloud on Titan - Again
SpaceRef - 20 Sep 2016 22:08
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought -- possibly similar to one seen over Earth's poles -- could be fo...
NASA FISO Presentation: Low-Latency Teleoperations for the Evolvable Mars Campaign
SpaceRef - 20 Sep 2016 20:47
Now available is the September 7, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speakers were Mark Lupisella, Jack Bleacher and Michael Wright of NASA GSFC who discussed "Low-Latency Teleoperations fo...
JPL Seeks Robotic Spacecraft Development for Asteroid Redirect Mission
PTTU - 20 Sep 2016 19:36
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:
NASA Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan - Again
PTTU - 20 Sep 2016 19:15
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
Stellar Activity Can Mimic Misaligned Exoplanets
SpaceRef - 20 Sep 2016 18:30
The occultation of stellar active regions during the planetary transit[1] can lead to inaccurate estimates of the characteristics of these exoplanets, especially the spin-orbit tilt angle....
U.S. Sharpens Surveillance of Crippling Solar Storms
Scientific American - 20 Sep 2016 18:30
Next-generation space weather model will map the danger facing power grids --
Cosmic 'Echoes' Reveal Stars Devoured by Black Holes
SPACE.com - 20 Sep 2016 18:30
Supermassive black holes have an incredibly strong gravitational pull that swallows anything that gets too close, including stars. When this happens, the black hole spits out a bright flare of energy that "echoes" throug...
World's Top Physicists Tell Us Why They Were Inspired By "Star Trek!" (VIEW)
The Daily Galaxy - 20 Sep 2016 18:26
For more than 50 years, Star Trek has inspired us to pursue knowledge, create new technologies, and boldly go toward a better future for humanity. To celebrate Star Trek's recent 50th anniversary, Canada's Perimeter Inst...
Starving Black Hole Returns Brilliant Galaxy to the Shadows
SpaceRef - 20 Sep 2016 18:25
The mystery of a rare change in the behaviour of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy has been solved by an international team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope along with the NASA/ES...
First Space Shuttle Astronauts mark STS-1, STS-2 35th Anniversaries
SPACE.com - 20 Sep 2016 18:25
NASA's first space shuttle launch, 35 years ago, demonstrated a winged orbiter could lift off like a rocket and land like a plane, able to fly again. That first mission also cleared a hurdle for the flights that followed...
NASA's CORAL Mission Turns Its Eyes to Australia's Great Barrier Reef
SPACE.com - 20 Sep 2016 18:00
NASA's CORAL mission is currently taking aerial observations of Australia's Great Barrier reef as part of an effort to learn more about reef degradation around the globe.
Introducing the Daily Minor Planet: Delivering the Latest Asteroid News
PTTU - 20 Sep 2016 17:10
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:
Alarms Raised Over DARPA-Funded 'Neural Dust' --Wireless Sensors Implanted in the Body: "Hacking Could Unleash Global Havoc"
The Daily Galaxy - 20 Sep 2016 17:03
Alarms are being raised over the recent advancements in a new DARPA-funded technology known as "electroceuticals," with the possibility that dark forces could be unleashed in a world where millions have hundreds of tiny ...
NASA-Developed Collision Avoidance System Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot In Fourth Confirmed Rescue
PTTU - 20 Sep 2016 16:58
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center:
Wallops Flight Facility: NASA Spaceport in Virginia
SPACE.com - 20 Sep 2016 16:40
The Wallops Flight Facility is a rocket launch site on the eastern shore of Virginia. The site can send off interplanetary and International Space Station missions.
Windmill of dust
ESA - 20 Sep 2016 16:20
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Recreating a martian dust storm
Chinese and Canadian Physicists Take a 'Quantum Leap' in Teleporting Photons --"Pretty Profound"
The Daily Galaxy - 20 Sep 2016 15:30
Teleportation has largely been the realm of science fiction and Star Trek plots. Now, Chinese and Canadian scientists say they have successfully carried out a form of teleportation at the quantum level across an entire c...