• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 22nd, 2014
Optics Communication Experiment Delivered to the ISS

Optics Communication Experiment Delivered to the ISS

The technology demonstrator will test the viability of using lasers in space

Martian Environment Cleans Opportunity's Solar Panels

Martian Environment Cleans Opportunity's Solar Panels

A new “selfie” shows the panels in good condition

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 18th, 2014
New Telescope Gets Ready to Find Its First Exoplanets

New Telescope Gets Ready to Find Its First Exoplanets

The installation achieved first light just earlier this month

MRO Spots Curiosity from Martian Orbit

MRO Spots Curiosity from Martian Orbit

Tracks left behind by the rover are clearly visible from space

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 16th, 2014
Life May Have Originated on the Sea Floor

Life May Have Originated on the Sea Floor

Water world theory catches on more wind with new study

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 15th, 2014
Saturn's A Ring May Be Forming a New Moon

Saturn's A Ring May Be Forming a New Moon

Cassini sees disturbances rippling through the ring's icy expanses

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 14th, 2014
Laser Communications Payload to Be Tested on the ISS

Laser Communications Payload to Be Tested on the ISS

The device will send a video back to Earth via laser light

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 9th, 2014
Curiosity Images Weird Bright Spots at Kimberley

Curiosity Images Weird Bright Spots at Kimberley

Experts are trying to figure out what these spots are

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2014
Curiosity Arrives at Kimberly Following New Drive

Curiosity Arrives at Kimberly Following New Drive

The rover will soon begin investigating this geologically complex area

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2014
Large Ocean of Liquid Water Confirmed Inside Saturnine Moon

Large Ocean of Liquid Water Confirmed Inside Saturnine Moon

The discovery was made using data from the NASA Cassini spacecraft

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 2nd, 2014
NASA UAVSAR Instrument to Monitor Levees in California

NASA UAVSAR Instrument to Monitor Levees in California

The radar can detect minute movements of soils from high above

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 1st, 2014
Photosynthetic Activity in the US Midwest Highest in the World

Photosynthetic Activity in the US Midwest Highest in the World

These values were recorded during the growing season

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 1st, 2014
Recent LA Earthquake Modeled by JPL Scientists

Recent LA Earthquake Modeled by JPL Scientists

The team used data from the USGS to compile its new model

Opportunity Images Its Martian Shadow

Opportunity Images Its Martian Shadow

The rover is currently investigating the rim of Endeavour Crater

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 25th, 2014
Sandstone Cement Could Reveal Mars' Distant Geological Past

Sandstone Cement Could Reveal Mars' Distant Geological Past

Curiosity will soon begin investigating rocks at a site called Kimberly

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 24th, 2014
Curiosity Reaches Kimberly Outcrops in Gale Crater

Curiosity Reaches Kimberly Outcrops in Gale Crater

This area makes for a perfect science target, experts say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 22nd, 2014
NASA Wants to Image Exoplanets Directly via Starshade

NASA Wants to Image Exoplanets Directly via Starshade

New spacecraft blocks light from parent stars, revealing alien worlds in detail

 
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