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Future Helicopters Get SMART
02.25.09 - Helicopters today are considered a loud, bumpy and inefficient mode for day-to-day domestic travel, but NASA research could change that view.
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Unraveling the Mystery of Super-Earths
02.19.09 - Super-Earths may be our best bet for finding life beyond our own solar system.
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Orbiting Carbon Observatory
02.24.09 - NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate.
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Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data
02.18.09 - Scientists recently found black gold bubbling up from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ocean imagery.
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Spirit Gets Energy Boost from Cleaner Solar Panels
02.12.09 - A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian wind has blown away some of the dust that has accumulated on the panels.
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Webb Telescope's 'Spine' Now Being Built
02.09.09 - One piece of the James Webb Space Telescope currently being built is called the backplane. It functions as a sort of "spine" to the telescope.
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Swift, Fermi Probe Gamma-Ray Fireworks
02.10.09 - Astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away.
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Bushfires in Southeast Australia
Bushfires in southeastern Australia turned deadly over the first weekend of February 2009. Out-of-control fires raced into small communities and towns in Victoria, and more than 100 people had died as...
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NASA and Google Launch Virtual Exploration of Mars
02.02.09 - NASA and Google announce the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
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Mission to Help Unravel Key Carbon, Climate Mysteries
01.29.09 - NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Alternative Jet Fuels Put to the Test
01.28.09 - NASA and 11 other research groups are testing two non-petroleum-based jet fuels in the pursuit of alternative fuels that can power commercial jets and address rising oil costs.
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Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior
01.28.09 - Diagnostic activities performed by Spirit on Thursday, Jan. 29 narrowed the range of factors that may have contributed to its unexpected behavior earlier in the week.
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Astronomers Observe Planet With Wild Temperature Swings
01.28.09 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours before quickly cooling back down.
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OCO and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks
01.23.09 - The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will measure carbon in the air, from Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere.
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NASA Tracks Changes to Earth's Green-covered Regions
01.22.09 - NASA's satellite imagery, combined with high-resolution commercial imagery, is giving scientists new insight into the changing appearance of our planet on a regional scale, and whether it is due to human activity or extreme climate.
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Satellites Confirm Half-Century of Antarctic Warming
01.21.09 - Once presumed to be cooling or stable, NASA scientists have recently confirmed a warming trend on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Photos: NASA in the 2009 Inaugural Parade
01.20.09 - NASA's participation in the 56th Inaugural Parade included the STS-126 crew and the next-generation Lunar Electric Rover.
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Mars Methane Discovery Reveals Activity on Red Planet
01.15.09 - The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is still alive, in either a biologic or geologic sense, according to scientists.
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First Look Inside Moon's Shadowed Craters
01.16.09 - Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters.
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Understanding the Sources of Rising Carbon Dioxide
01.13.09 - Every time we get into our car, turn the key and drive somewhere, we burn gasoline, a fossil fuel derived from crude oil.