A new understanding of Mars is beginning to emerge, thanks to the first year of NASA’s InSight lander mission. Findings described in a set of six papers reveal a planet …read more Source:: Science
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TESS satellite uncovers ‘first nearby super-Earth’
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a mission designed to comb the heavens for exoplanets, has discovered its first potentially habitable world outside of our own solar system — and …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Opportunity rover mission on Mars comes to end
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•One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping …read more Source:: Science
Cassini beams back first images from new orbit
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•NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn’s atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission. The new images show scenes from high above Saturn’s …read more Source:: Science
NASA moon mission shares insights into giant impacts
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•New results from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission are providing insights into the huge impacts that dominated the early history of Earth’s moon and other solid worlds, …read more Source:: Science
Spacecraft to seek life on Mars in European-led mission
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•BERLIN (Reuters) – A spacecraft is due to set off for Mars next week on a mission that scientists hope will help answer one of the most burning questions of …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
SpaceX rocket blasts off on satellite-delivery mission
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday on a satellite-delivery mission that will involve an attempt to make a return landing …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Solar plane prepares for Amazon mission
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•Student engineers from ETH Zurich are preparing to fly their world-record breaking solar plane over the Amazon rainforest. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews