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523 articles from NASA

• THURSDAY 17. MAY, 2012
• 00:53 A New Count of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

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  NASA has just released a new count of asteroids that come close to the orbit of Earth and could survive entry through our planet's atmosphere. The data, gathered by an infrared space telescope named WISE, reveal important new information about the origin and make-up of these potentially hazardous space rocks.  

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• TUESDAY 15. MAY, 2012
• 20:47 Solar Eclipse this Weekend

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  On Sunday, May 20th, the Moon will pass in front of the Sun, producing an annular solar eclipse visible across the Pacific side of Earth from China to the United States.  

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• TUESDAY 8. MAY, 2012
• 22:58 NASA Space Telescope Sees the Light … ien Super-Earth

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  NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" beyond our solar system for the first time.  

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• WEDNESDAY 2. MAY, 2012
• 19:57 Perigee "Super Moon" On May 5-6

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  Another "super-Moon" is in the offing. The perigee full Moon of May 5-6 will be as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.  

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• THURSDAY 19. APRIL, 2012
• 23:14 Rubber Chicken Flies into Solar Radiation Storm

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  In a unusual twist on space science, students in California have launched a rubber chicken to the edge of space to sample a solar storm.  

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• WEDNESDAY 18. APRIL, 2012
• 19:13 The 3D Lyrid Meteor Shower

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  Astronomers and astronauts are joining forces for an unusual astrophotography experiment during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower on April 21st.  

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• FRIDAY 13. APRIL, 2012
• 18:09 April is the Cruelest Month

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  One year after the historic tornado outbreak of April 27-28, 2011, researchers say they've learned a few things about deadly twisters. Today's story from Science@NASA presents some of the scientific findings that emerged from the swath of destruction.  

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• MONDAY 2. APRIL, 2012
• 17:20 Venus Invades the Pleiades

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  This week, Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will meet in the sunset sky for a rare and beautiful conjunction.  

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• FRIDAY 30. MARCH, 2012
• 04:30 Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet

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  With NASA's Kepler spacecraft discovering alien worlds at a record pace, it seems to be just a matter of time before an Earth-sized planet is found in the "Goldilocks zone"--that is, in an orbit sized just right for liquid water and life. In today's story from Science@NASA, researchers discuss how they'll explore a cousin of Earth many light years away.  

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• TUESDAY 27. MARCH, 2012
• 23:00 Is it Snowing Microbes on Enceladus?

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  Is it snowing microbes on Enceladus? The idea is not so far-fetched, say researchers, as evidence mounts for a "uniquely accessible" habitable zone on Saturn's icy moon.  

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• THURSDAY 22. MARCH, 2012
• 21:03 Solar Storm Dumps Gigawatts into … s Upper Atmosphere

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  A flurry of solar activity in early March dumped enough heat in Earth's upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years. The heat has since dissipated, but there's more to come as the solar cycle intensifies.  

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• FRIDAY 16. MARCH, 2012
• 20:02 Mysterious Objects at the Edge … tromagnetic Spectrum

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  NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is finding hundreds of new objects at the very edge of the electromagnetic spectrum. Many of them have one thing in common: Astronomers have no idea what they are.  

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• FRIDAY 2. MARCH, 2012
• 16:53 Flying Through a Geomagnetic Storm

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  Lately, the International Space Station has been flying through geomagnetic storms, giving astronauts an close-up view of the aurora borealis just outside their windows.  

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• THURSDAY 1. MARCH, 2012
• 03:50 Next-Gen Weather Satellites to … ove Tornado Warnings

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  NOAA and NASA are working on a series of next-generation weather satellites called "GOES-R" that will improve warnings of deadly tornadoes and other severe weather.  

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• FRIDAY 24. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 05:29 Curiosity, the Stunt Double

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  En route to the Red Planet, Mars rover Curiosity has experienced the strongest solar radiation storm since 2005. Researchers say this is part of Curiosity's job as a 'stunt double' for human astronauts.  

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• WEDNESDAY 22. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 17:36 The Fireballs of February

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  A number of unusual fireballs observed around the USA this month have researchers wondering if Earth is passing through a special "February swarm" of meteoroids.  

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• FRIDAY 17. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 16:06 Cold and Spellbinding: An Alignment … the Sunset Sky

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  The brightest planets in the night sky are aligning for a must-see show in late February and March 2012. Start looking tonight!  

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• THURSDAY 16. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 17:10 Europe Hammered by Winter, Is North America Next?

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  After a slow start to winter around much of the Northern Hemisphere, Europe has plunged into a deep freeze. In today's story from Science@NASA, JPL climatologist Bill Patzert describes how and why Mother Nature has done an about face.  

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• FRIDAY 10. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 15:57 Alien Matter in the Solar System: … Galactic Mismatch

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  "Alien matter" detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Earth shows that the chemical make-up of our solar system differs from that of the surrounding galaxy. Researchers discuss the possible meaning of this mismatch in today's story from Science@NASA.  

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• THURSDAY 2. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 21:27 Mission to Land on a Comet

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  Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the sun.  

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• FRIDAY 27. JANUARY, 2012
• 22:55 Solar Eclipse over the USA

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  A "ring of fire" solar eclipse is coming to the USA this spring. It's the first annular eclipse visible from the contiguous United States in almost 18 years.  

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• FRIDAY 20. JANUARY, 2012
• 18:12 Comet Corpses in the Solar Wind

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  A paper published in today's issue of Science raises an intriguing new possibility--the presence of abundant comet corpses in the solar wind. The new research is based on dramatic images of a comet disintegrating in the sun's atmosphere last July.  

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• TUESDAY 17. JANUARY, 2012
• 18:09 What Happened to all the Snow?

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  Winter seems to be on hold this year in some parts of the United States. Snowfall has been scarce in places that were overwhelmed with the white stuff at the same time last year. In this story from Science@NASA, JPL climatologist Bill Patzert explains what's going on.  

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• SATURDAY 14. JANUARY, 2012
• 03:24 Re-thinking an Alien World

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  A distant super-Earth named "55 Cancri e" is wetter and weirder than astronomers thought possible. The discovery has researchers re-thinking the nature of alien worlds.  

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• THURSDAY 12. JANUARY, 2012
• 22:24 Some Comets like it Hot

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  Astronomers are still scratching their heads over Comet Lovejoy, which plunged through the atmosphere of the sun in December and, against all odds, survived. The comet is now receding into the outer solar system leaving many mysteries behind.  

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