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Rosetta Swings Past Earth →
The Rosetta spacecraft zoomed past Earth at 12:57 p.m. Pacific Time today, picking up speed for its planned 2014 rendezvous with a comet. JPL manages NASA's contribution to the European Space Agency's 3.3-ton comet chaser.
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NASA Selects Partnerships to Advance Key Technologies
JPL will help advance key technologies to meet critical needs for NASA's mission, through several newly-announced partnerships selected by NASA.
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Catch a Comet - No Telescope Required
This week there is a newly visible comet in the sky and it can be seen with the unaided eye!
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Dancing With the Stars Takes on a Whole New Twist →
Two galaxies perform an intricate dance in this new picture taken by the JPL-built and designed Wide Field and Planetary 2 Camera, onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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First Known Belt of Moonlets in Saturn's Rings
A narrow belt harboring moonlets discovered in Saturn's outmost ring.
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Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Sees Changes in Jupiter System
The New Horizons team presents its latest and most detailed analyses of Jupiter data today at the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences meeting in Orlando, Fla., and in the Oct. 12 issue of the journal Science.
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Itsy Bitsy Galaxy Found Halfway Across Universe
An international team of scientists has used a trick of nature to measure a tiny galaxy halfway across the universe.
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Cassini Heads South on Next Titan Flyby
The Cassini spacecraft has been moving progressively over Titan's southern hemisphere and is getting ready for a Titan flyby on Oct. 2, 2007.
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First Contact: Sputnik
To say the least, it was incredible. The news relayed by the voice on the other end of the phone line hit the president of the San Gabriel Valley Radio Club like a blow to the head. Too incredible, Henry Richter hoped, to be true.
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Google Sky Sees Many Wavelengths
New "far out" views of the distant universe from Spitzer, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and other telescopes were released to Google Sky. Peter Eisenhardt and Leonidas Moustakas of JPL helped capture some of the images.
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Women's Hall of Fame Pick Spitzer Astronomer
National Women's Hall of Fame has selected a Spitzer Space Telescope astronomer to join its ranks. Judith Pipher of the University of Rochester, N.Y., helped develop Spitzer's infrared array camera, which continues to unveil the cosmos.
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Mars Instrument Checks Recent Gully Deposit
A spectrometer instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter checked to see whether a fresh deposit of bright material in a gully on Mars contained mineral evidence of liquid water carrying the material. The examination found no sign that liquid water played a role.
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Scientists Conduct First Global Study of a Poisonous Gas in Earth's Atmosphere
A JPL scientist has participated in the first-ever study of the global distribution of phosgene, a poisonous gas present in small quantities in Earth's atmosphere. The information will be useful for assessing progress in controlling chemicals that destroy Earth's protective ozone layer.
› University of York release →
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NASA Watches Ozone Layer Amid Montreal Protocol's Success
NASA scientists will join researchers from around the world to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to reduce the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer, Sept. 23 to 26 in Athens, Greece.
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The Prius of Space
What if you need to motor somewhere three billion-plus miles off the beaten path - somewhere where neither regular nor premium unleaded have so far feared to tread?
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Wanted: Ambassadors to the Stars
NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program is looking for volunteer space enthusiasts.
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Stars Go Out in Style
New snapshots from space illustrate the colorful evolution of dying sun-like stars. The images were captured by the JPL-built and designed Wide Field and Planetary 2 Camera, onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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Cassini Completes Titan Flyby, Prepares for Iapetus
Cassini successfully flew by Titan on Aug. 31, 2007, imaging the Huygens probe landing site.
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Fasten Your Seat Belts, Turbulence Ahead - Lessons From Titan
Ever spilled your drink on an airline due to turbulence? Researchers are finding new ways to understand the phenomenon - both in Earth's atmosphere and in that of Saturn's moon, Titan, aided by Huygens probe data.
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Up, Up and Away -- To Venus
Scientists hope to learn more about climate changes here on Earth by studying Venus. A prototype balloon could eventually study the planet's surface and examine its atmosphere and the bizarre winds and chemistry within it.