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Citizen Scientists Lead Astronomers to Mystery Objects in Space

27 Jan 2015, 19:29 UTC "Hmm, what's that?" Simply by asking the question, volunteers have led researchers to illuminate a little-known stage of massive star formation.

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features

NASA Hurricane Mission Connects to K-12 Classrooms

27 Jan 2015, 16:08 UTC Educators brought the science of HS3 to students in workshops during the all three years of the mission.

ESA Top News

Arms that never tire

27 Jan 2015, 15:40 UTC ESA astronaut Tim Peake and Rosetta Project Scientist Dr Matt Taylor talk robotics in space missions. Join them in a Google hangout 28 January, 18:00 CET/17:00 GMT

ESA Top News

IXV into position

27 Jan 2015, 14:30 UTC ESA’s experimental spaceplane, in the final stages of preparation for launch, is mounted on the adapter that secures it to the Vega rocket

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet

27 Jan 2015, 14:27 UTC NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres.

Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia, Spain

The characteristics of the multiple star "sigma Orionis" are determined

27 Jan 2015, 12:09 UTC The characteristics of the multiple star "sigma Orionis" are determined 27/01/2015 A detailed study on the multiple star system led by Spanish astrophysicists has identified the period, mass and emission of high energy photons of the main stars of the system read more

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

SMAP Will Track a Tiny Cog That Keeps Cycles Spinning

26 Jan 2015, 23:30 UTC Soil moisture, which keeps Earth's interlocking cycles of water, carbon and energy turning in harmony, is the focus of NASA's SMAP mission, launching Jan. 29.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Today Has Moon

26 Jan 2015, 23:26 UTC Radar Images from Goldstone indicate that asteroid 2004 BL86, which safely flew past Earth today, has a moon.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Satellite Witnesses Developing U.S. Nor'easter

26 Jan 2015, 20:15 UTC A low-pressure area is expected to become a strong nor'easter that will bring blizzard conditions to the northeastern U.S.

Planetary Science Institute

Dawn Approaching Ceres - Now Exceeding Hubble Resolution

26 Jan 2015, 19:15 UTC On January 25, the NASA Dawn spacecraft imaged the dwarf planet Ceres at a distance of 237,000 km (22 km/pixel), exceeding the resolution obtained by Hubble a decade earlier. This is among a sequece of images obained for navigation purposes and is obtained in a clear filter over a period of an hour. Ceres takes 9 hours to complete a rotation. These images were made at a sub-solar latitude of -4 degrees and a sub-spacecraft latitude of -26 degrees, revealing a portion of the south pole (down). There appear to be impact craters in the vicinity of the south pole, but the region just to the north appears to be more complex, possibly including ribbon-like structures that might be troughs or ridges extending over many hundreds of kilometers. Features identified by Hubble (5, 9, 11) are seen above. Extended ribbon-like structures associated with 9 and 11 are noted by arrows, above. Dawn's encounter with Ceres is the first time the surface (or atmosphere) of a planet has been imaged for the first time by a spacecraft since Voyager 2 flew past Neptune in 1989. Dwarf planets like Ceres and Pluto/Charon (which will be encountered this July by New Horizons) are ...

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28 Jan 2015
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- 19:30 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... JPL: Citizen Scientists Lead Astronomers to Mystery Objec... "Hmm, what's that?" Simply by asking the question, volunteers have led researchers to illuminate a little-known stage of massive star formation.
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25 Jan 2015
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23 Jan 2015
- 16:50 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA’s CATS Installed on ISS by Robotic Handoff The equipment was installed aboard the International Space Station through a robotic handoff, the first time one robotic arm on station has worked in concert with a second robotic arm.
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22 Jan 2015
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