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Friday, May 3, 2013

Astronomical News

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity returns to work on Wednesday following a month-long hiatus due to the sun blocking radio communications with Earth.
Nuclear Thermal Rockets could push mankind toward the asteroid belt and beyond, beginning an era of solar system colonization.
After three weeks of radio silence from NASA's veteran Mars rover Opportunity, mission managers regained contact with the robot only to find it had dropped into a self-imposed "safe mode."
A new book, filled with stunning images, takes you on a tour of our cosmic backyard -- just in time for Mother's Day.
The search for extraterrestrial life is so multipronged we have to ask ourselves what sort of detection of life off Earth would be most scientifically reliable? And, what scenario would have the biggest impact on the public?


NASA scientists don’t often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite. But when Julie McEnery, the project scientist for NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, checked her email on March 29, [...]

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