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Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Bustling Center
A new infrared mosaic from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a stunning view of the stellar hustle and bustle that takes place at our Milky Way galaxy's center.
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Stardust Mission Status Report
Ten days before its historic return to Earth with the first-ever samples from a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully performed its 18th flight path adjustment.
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NASA's Topex/Poseidon Oceanography Mission Ends
The joint NASA/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Topex/Poseidon oceanography satellite ceased operations after nearly 62,000 orbits of Earth.
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NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar Cargo
NASA's Stardust mission is nearing Earth after a 4.63 billion kilometer (2.88 billion mile) round-trip journey to return cometary and interstellar dust particles back to Earth.
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NASA's Grace Finds Greenland Melting Faster, 'Sees' Sumatra Quake
In the first direct, comprehensive mass survey of the entire Greenland ice sheet, scientists using data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) have measured a significant decrease in the mass of the Greenland ice cap. Grace is a satellite mission that measures movement in Earth's mass.
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Spitzer Finds DNA, Protein Ingredients Near Star
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling around a young star.
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Cassini's Photo Album From a Season of Icy Moons
Wrapping up a phenomenally successful year of observing Saturn's icy moons, the Cassini mission is releasing a flood of new views of the moons Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion and Iapetus.
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NASA's Cassini Images Reveal Spectacular Evidence of an Active Moon
Jets of fine, icy particles streaming from Saturn's moon Enceladus were captured in recent images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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NASA's Mars Rovers Continue to Explore and Amaze
NASA's durable twin Mars rovers have successfully explored the surface of the mysterious red planet for a full Martian year (687 Earth days).
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Learn About Spitzer and Its Cosmically Infrared World
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is bringing new light - infrared light - to the study of our dark and mysterious universe.
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NASA Rover Helps Reveal Possible Secrets of Martian Life
Life may have had a tough time getting started in the ancient environment that left its mark in the Martian rock layers examined by NASA's Opportunity rover.
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NASA Awards Contract for New Millennium Mission
The next satellite in NASA's New Millennium Program will be designed, developed and built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Va.
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Mars-Bound NASA Craft Tweaks Course, Passes Halfway Point
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully fired six engines for about 20 seconds today to adjust its flight path in advance of its March 10, 2006, arrival at the red planet.
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Free Lectures on Exploring Pluto
Two free public programs in Pasadena will offer an overview of the upcoming NASA mission to Pluto.
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Spitzer Captures Cosmic Mountains of Creation
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals billowing mountains of dust ablaze with the fires of stellar youth.
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NASA's Spitzer Finds Failed Stars May Succeed in Planet Business
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the very beginnings of what might become planets around the puniest of celestial orbs - brown dwarfs, or "failed stars."
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Lady in Red: Andromeda Galaxy Shines in Spitzer's Eyes
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a stunning infrared view of Messier 31, the famous spiral galaxy also known as Andromeda.
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NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets
Are we alone in the universe? Are there planets like Earth around other "suns" that might harbor life?
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Cassini's Doubleheader Flybys Score Home Run
Cassini performed back-to-back flybys of Saturn moons Tethys and Hyperion last weekend, coming closer than ever before to each of them.
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NASA Finds 'Big Baby' Galaxies in Newborn Universe
NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in several distant galaxies.