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Shaken and Stirred: Lab Studies Ice From Frigid Worlds
The most exotic frozen cocktails on Earth won’t be found in a chic restaurant or trendy bar. Scientists are mixing up icy concoctions in a laboratory not much bigger than a janitor’s closet.
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Scientists Make Fake Solar Storm to Test on Fake Human
Scientists are creating an artificial solar radiation storm and testing its effects on an artificial human, Matroshka, the Phantom Torso.
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Mars Orbiter Resumes Science Observations
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining Mars again with its scientific instruments after successfully transitioning out of a precautionary standby mode triggered by an unexpected June 3 rebooting of its computer.
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The Mars Hoax Goes Viral
For the sixth year in a row, a message about the Red Planet is infecting worldwide email boxes.
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'Curiosity,' Meet Clara
Twelve-year-old Clara Ma flew from Kansas to JPL to meet and sign the next rover that will zoom millions of miles to Mars.
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Dawn Re-Lights the Ionic Fire
Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have received a transmission from the Dawn spacecraft confirming it has re-ignited its ion propulsion system.
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Rebooting Resembles February Event
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode and in communications with Earth after an unexpected rebooting of its computer.
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Spirit Takes a Peek at Her Belly
A new image of Spirit's underbelly is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her escape from soft soil.
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Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer
Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
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Magnetic Tremors Pinpoint Epicenter of Space Storms
Using data from NASA's THEMIS mission, a team of University of Alberta researchers has pinpointed the impact epicenter of an earthbound space storm as it crashes into the atmosphere.