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Saturn Moon Could Power 150 Billion Labor Day Barbecues
Since its discovery by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Saturn's most massive moon, Titan, has been known as a place of mystery and intrigue.
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Thousands of New Images Show Mars in High Resolution
Thousands of newly released images from more than 1,500 telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a wide range of gullies, dunes, craters, geological layering and other features on the Red Planet.
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SOFIA Imaging Systems Tested During Nighttime Operations
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy science team completed checkout of optical star tracking camera systems and conducted telescope assembly preparation exercises.
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Orbiter in Safe Mode Increases Communication Rate
Engineers for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have stepped up the communication rate being received from the orbiter as an early step in the process of determining why the spacecraft spontaneously rebooted its computer on Aug. 26
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Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications.
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Flashback to Neptune's Moon Triton
Newly released images commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Voyager flyby of Neptune's moon Triton on Aug. 24, 2009.
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Free Spirit: Dust Storm Passing Over Spirit
The amount of electricity generated by the solar panels on Spirit has been declining for the past several Martian days, or sols, as a regional dust storm moved southward and blocked some of the sunshine at Spirit's location.
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Cassini's Last Earthly Date Was 10 Years Ago Today
A decade ago today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Earth at a distance of 1,171 kilometers (727 miles) on its way to an appointment with the solar system's second largest occupant - Saturn.
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Flares Responsible for Outsized Heat of Sun's Corona
New observations made with instruments aboard Japan's Hinode satellite reveal the answer to why the Sun's corona is so darned hot.
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Tropics of Saturn's Moon No Tropical Paradise
Astronomers have identified a storm cell on Titan the size of the country of India.