Friday 28 October 2016

Trilobites: No More Data From Pluto

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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made more than 400 scientific observations of the dwarf planet. Now scientists can analyze them all.
via New York Times

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CLOUD experiment sharpens climate predictions

Ewen Whitaker, Who Guided NASA to the Moon, Dies at 94

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Mr. Whitaker had no formal training as an astronomer, but he used his unparalleled knowledge of the lunar surface to select landing sites for spacecraft.
via New York Times

Further clues to fate of Mars lander, seen from orbit

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The most powerful telescope orbiting Mars is providing new details of the scene near the Martian equator where Europe's Schiaparelli test lander hit the surface last week.
via Science Daily
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Insights into giant impacts on moon, Earth and Mars

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New results from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission are providing insights into the huge impacts that dominated the early history of Earth's moon and other solid worlds, like Earth, Mars, and the satellites of the outer solar system.
via Science Daily
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A death star's ghostly glow

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The eerie glow of a dead star, which exploded long ago as a supernova, reveals itself in this Hubble Space Telescope image of the Crab Nebula. But, the ghoulish-looking object still has a pulse. Buried at its center is the star's tell-tale heart, which beats with rhythmic precision. The green hue has been added to give the image a Halloween theme.
via Science Daily
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New Horizons returns last bits of 2015 flyby data to Earth

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NASA's New Horizons mission reached a major milestone this week when the last bits of science data from the Pluto flyby -- stored on the spacecraft's digital recorders since July 2015 -- arrived safely on Earth.
via Science Daily
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Forging a brand-new chemical bond using the pressure of the Mars core

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When it comes to making chemical bonds, some elements go together like peanut butter and jelly; but for others, it's more like oil and water. Scientists can combat this elemental antipathy using extreme pressures. And now in a new article, researchers report that they have used pressure equivalent to that within the core of Mars to forge the first-ever iron-bismuth bond, which could help them make brand-new magnetic and superconducting materials.
via Science Daily
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