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A Region On Mars With Recent Water Is About To Get Major Attention
Universe Today - 18 Feb 2017 09:33
Curving wriggles seen in sand dunes on Earth and formed by the recent ebb and flow of water have just been found on Mars. The post A Region On Mars With Recent Water Is About To Get Major Attention appeared first on Univ...
Ceres Provides First Detection Of Life's Building Blocks In Asteroid Belt
Universe Today - 18 Feb 2017 05:40
A new study by an international team of scientists uses data provided by the Dawn probe to show that conditions favorable to life could exist on Ceres The post Ceres Provides First Detection Of Life’s Building Blocks I...
Juno Will Get No Closer To Jupiter Due To Engine Troubles
Universe Today - 19 Feb 2017 01:55
After months of review, Juno's mission scientists have chosen not to attempt an engine burn that will reduce its orbital period. The post Juno Will Get No Closer To Jupiter Due To Engine Troubles appeared first on Univer...
"Undiscovered Worlds" --NASA Needs Your Help Searching Space-Telescope Movies for Unknown Objects
The Daily Galaxy - 19 Feb 2017 01:07
NASA is inviting the public to help search for possible undiscovered worlds in the outer reaches of our solar system and in neighboring interstellar space. A new website, called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, lets everyone p...
Expert panel supports study to accelerate first crewed SLS mission
Space News - 19 Feb 2017 01:04
A panel of former NASA astronauts and officials offered tentative support Feb. 16 for an agency study announced this week to examine putting a crew on the first flight of the Space Launch System. SpaceNews.com
SpaceX aborts launch after 'odd' rocket engine behavior
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2017 00:18
SpaceX aborted its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station just seconds before liftoff Saturday due to a "slightly odd" technical issue with the Falcon 9 rocket engine.
Ex-Im Bank included on White House budget hit list
Space News - 18 Feb 2017 23:46
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is among nine federal programs targeted for elimination under a hit list the White House Office of Management and Budget circulated this week, according to The New York Times. SpaceNews.com
This Week's Top NASA & Space News --From ET Signals Hint at Another Universe to Hubble's Heroic Future
The Daily Galaxy - 18 Feb 2017 21:12
ET Signals from the Milky Way --"We've Missed Signals We Were Totally Unaware Of" (VIDEO) "Alien Life on Earth" --NASA Announces Discovery of Bizarre 50,000 Year-Old Life Trapped in Crystals in a Cave System--"Both a Fai...
SpaceX to Make Its 1st Launch from Historic Apollo-Era Pad Today
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2017 21:00
The private spaceflight company SpaceX is scheduled to launch its tenth cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA today (Feb. 18) at 10:01 a.m. EST (1501 GMT).
"Alien Life on Earth" --NASA Announces Discovery of Bizarre 50,000 Year-Old Life Trapped in a Crystal Cave System--"Both a Fairyland and Hell" (VIDEO)
The Daily Galaxy - 18 Feb 2017 19:34
We live on an alien world. There's an entire hidden part of planet beneath the surface that we don't think about. Earth's rock fracture habitat goes down to 5 kilometers, maybe down to 10, and is thoroughly infested with...
"Alien Life on Earth" --NASA Announces Discovery of Bizarre 50,000 Year-Old Life Trapped in a Crystal Cave System--"Both Fairyland and Hell" (VIDEO)
The Daily Galaxy - 18 Feb 2017 19:34
We live on an alien world. There's an entire hidden part of planet beneath the surface that we don't think about. Earth's rock fracture habitat goes down to 5 kilometers, maybe down to 10, and is thoroughly infested with...
Technical glitch scrubs Falcon 9 launch from historic pad
Space News - 18 Feb 2017 19:25
The first launch by SpaceX from an historic KSC launch pad will be delayed by at least a day after a technical problem scrubbed an attempted launch of a Dragon cargo spacecraft Feb. 18. SpaceNews.com
This BB-8 Robot is Just Like the Real Thing
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2017 17:31
Due out this fall, Spin Master's Hero Droid BB-8 looks and acts like it just rolled in from Jakku
SpaceX poised to launch cargo from historic NASA pad
Phys.org - 18 Feb 2017 15:00
An unmanned SpaceX spaceship carrying food and equipment to the astronauts living at the International Space Station is poised to blast off from a historic NASA launch pad on Saturday.
Why It's Time for Australia to Launch its Own Space Agency
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2017 14:00
Any nation that hopes to have a space program needs to be able to keep an eye on its orbiting assets at all times. This means that Australia has become a key link in the global chain of ground-based tracking stations.
NASA Developing Contingency Plan for Commercial Crew Delays
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2017 14:00
NASA plans to complete by the middle of March a contingency plan for ensuring access to the International Space Station should its two commercial crew partners suffer additional delays.
Eclipse Party! 13 Solar Eclipse Celebrations Across the U.S
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2017 11:24
Planning your trip to see the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017? Here are 13 festivals, parties and public events across the United States..
Examining exploding stars through the atomic nucleus
EurekAlert! - 18 Feb 2017 09:00
(Michigan State University) Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a massive stellar explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star (about as big as Earth), in a laboratory rather than from a...
Earth Just Got A New Continent
Universe Today - 18 Feb 2017 04:28
Data collected over decades proves that Earth has another continent: Zealandia. The post Earth Just Got A New Continent appeared first on Universe Today.
SpaceX ready for first launch from historic KSC pad
Space News - 18 Feb 2017 03:33
SpaceX said Feb. 17 that, other a technical issue with the upper stage of its Falcon 9 rocket, it is ready to perform its first launch from a historic launch pad here last used by the space shuttle more than five years a...
SMC vice commander taking Pentagon space post
Space News - 18 Feb 2017 02:17
Brig. Gen. Mark Baird will likely be leaving his current post as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center. SpaceNews.com