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"Singing" Electrons Protect and Threaten TV and GPS
Electrons – the particles that carry electricity – can both protect and disrupt your satellite TV or GPS navigator with a "song".
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Engineers Probe Deeper for Root Cause of Spirit Amnesia
Spirit drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8, acting on commands from engineers who are still investigating bouts of unusual behavior exhibited by Spirit in the past two weeks.
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Team Analyzes Spirit Amnesia Events
After NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had a bout of temporary amnesia on Friday, April 17 it rebooted its computer.
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STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of Solar Storms
STEREO spacecraft images and in situ measurements combine to show a complete picture of CMEs that paves the way for predicting solar storms like meteorologists predict hurricanes.
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Spirit Healthy But Computer Reboots Raise Concerns
The team operating Spirit is examining data received from the rover to diagnose why the rover apparently rebooted its computer at least twice over the April 11-12 weekend.
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Sun Plunges to Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century
The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.
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EPOXI Team Develops New Method to Find Alien Oceans
A 'pale blue dot' is the best picture we will get of an Earth-like extrasolar world using even the most advanced telescopes planned for the next couple decades. If we can determine that the planet has oceans of liquid water, it greatly increases the likelihood that it supports life.
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NASA Team Finds Riches in Meteorite Treasure Hunt
Just before dawn on Oct. 7, 2008, an SUV-sized asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded harmlessly over the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan. Scientists expected the asteroid, called 2008 TC3, had blown to dust in the resulting high-altitude fireball.
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NASA Scientists Solve Mystery of Saturn's Moons
For more than 30 years, scientists have been observing an unknown substance on the dark surfaces of objects far beyond the Earth in the outer solar system.
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Live Chat With NASA's Asteroid Trackers
A live videocast and chat from JPL offers a unique opportunity for viewers to ask questions of scientists about how NASA discovers and tracks asteroids.