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 | The spacecraft will be the first to be placed in the giant planet's polar orbit.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 25, 2008 |
 | The lunar orbiter dropped its Moon Impact Probe.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 24, 2008 |
 | As planned, mission controllers shut down the spacecraft's propulsion system November 20.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 24, 2008 |
 | This giant planet is likely responsible for the star's oddly shaped disk and could explain the previously observed infall of comets onto the star.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: November 24, 2008 |
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Late last week, a big space rock smashed into Earth's atmosphere, where it burst into incandescence and created a visual display few will ever forget.
By Richard Talcott
Published: November 24, 2008 |
 | Astronomers have long wondered why a small, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy in our local neighborhood.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: November 21, 2008 |
 | Discovery points to the presence of large amounts of water ice at low latitudes.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 21, 2008 |
 | Aurorae seem to be located near regions where the martian magnetic field is the strongest.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 21, 2008 |
 | The Joint Dark Energy Mission will meaure the expansion rate of the universe and its growth structure.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 20, 2008 |
 | A team of astronomers has discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272.
Provided by Penn State University, University Park
Published: November 20, 2008 |
 | The finding was made with a balloon-borne instrument over Antartica.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 19, 2008 |
 | Recent finding helps to explain a decades-long paradox of the existence of large amounts of warm gas around certain galaxies.
Provided by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Published: November 18, 2008 |
 | Using Odyssey's Gamma Ray Spectrometer, scientists are discovering a liquid past on the Red Planet.
Provided by the University of Arizona, Tucson
Published: November 17, 2008 |
 | This is the first time the orbiters tested the physical processes of magnetars.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 14, 2008 |
 | These new technologies could teach astronauts how to make oxygen from lunar rocks.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 14, 2008 |
 | A team of researchers was able to see three orbiting planetary companions to HR8799 using high-contrast, near-infrared adaptive optics observations.
Provided by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California
Published: November 13, 2008 |
 | Astronomers capture first optical photo of exoplanet orbiting nearby star.
Provided by the University of California, Berkeley
Published: November 13, 2008 |
 | Up to two thirds of the more than 4,000 known types of minerals on Earth can be directly or indirectly linked to biological activity.
Provided by the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 13, 2008 |
 | This is the beginning of NASA's 2-year Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission to study the interactions of hot solar wind colliding with the cold vastness of space and map the boundaries of our solar system.
Provided by the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Published: November 13, 2008 |
 | The finding suggests the same kinds of shock waves that cause sonic booms from speeding jets are responsible for creating the stuff of planets throughout the universe.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 12, 2008 |
 | This new aurora is unlike any other in our solar system.
Provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
Published: November 12, 2008 |
 | Sub-millimeter light is vital in studying the earliest stages of the birth and life of stars.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: November 11, 2008 |
 | The lander shuts down after 5 months spent testing martian soil and observing the Red Planet's climate.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 11, 2008 |
 | Latest stage makes this spacecraft India's first mission to venture beyond Earth's orbit.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 10, 2008 |
 | The image took 55 hours of observations to create.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: November 7, 2008 |
 | The lander is slowly running out of power.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: November 5, 2008 |
 | Following a fifth orbit-raising maneuver, the spacecraft settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: November 5, 2008 |
 | When NGC 404 is viewed in ultraviolet light, it reveals a never-before-seen ring.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 4, 2008 |
 | Ares I-X will bring NASA one step closer to its exploration goals — to return to the Moon for exploration of the lunar surface and to travel to Mars and destinations beyond.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: November 4, 2008 |
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