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NASA Picks Next Exoplanet Mission for Launch in 2017
Space agency also picks neutron star instrument to fly on space station
March 19, 2013 5:30 PM
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Thirty Meter Telescope Gets Small Grant to Make Big Plans
U.S. National Science Foundation grant for $1.25 million would help backers build public-private partnership
January 2, 2013 4:55 PM
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In Chile, Radio Astronomers Install a Lofty Supercomputer
New ALMA Correlator must contend with harsh conditions, thin air
Australia Completes Powerful New Radio Telescope
Array will peer back in time to the early universe
August 20, 2012 6:46 PM
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NASA to Probe the Interior of Mars
A $425 million lander mission to take the pulse of the Red Planet will launch in 2016
August 17, 2012 1:09 PM
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Major U.S. Telescopes Face Funding Ax
Astronomy report recommends that NSF cut older facilities to make way for new
August 15, 2012 11:45 AM
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NSF Telescope Nears Final OK for Construction in Hawaii
State board weighs appeal by opponents of Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
July 26, 2012 2:06 PM
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Planetary Science Is Busting Budgets
A predictable escalation of the exploration of Mars has collided with limited funding
New Telescope Gains Key Endorsement From U.S. Science Board
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope slated to be built in Chile
July 12, 2012 2:03 PM
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Earth and Planetary Scientists Search for Common Ground
A meeting cosponsored by NASA sought to forge closer ties between the earth and planetary science communities
Monster Telescope Takes Another Step Forward
But some funding remains uncertain for the European Extremely Large Telescope
June 11, 2012 5:04 PM
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NASA Rover Will Contaminate Its Samples of Mars
Curiosity’s rock drill will grind Teflon into samples to be analyzed for signs of past life
NASA Cancels Mission to Study Effects of Black Holes, Neutron Stars
Cost overruns doom mission
Spy Telescopes Could Advance U.S. Dark Energy Mission
NASA hopes to repurpose the instruments to study dark energy, extrasolar planets, and a host of other questions in astronomy
May 31, 2012 2:16 PM
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Creative Deal Gives NASA Telescope New Lease on Life
A satellite that had been scheduled to be shut down now has a fresh lease on life, thanks to a first-of-a-kind arrangement.
May 25, 2012 12:15 PM
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Two-Site Solution: South Africa and Australia/New Zealand Awarded New Telescope
Sites will explore complementary parts of electromagnetic spectrum
Keeping an Eye on Earth Is Getting Harder
New NRC report says U.S. Earth observation system is declining rapidly
Jupiter Picked for Next Major European Space Mission
JUICE to study potentially life-bearing moons
April 4, 2012 11:02 AM
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Giant Magellan Telescope Tells NSF 'No Thanks'
Organizers say they will build telescope without federal funds
Update: No Second Life, After All
Engineers bring down Russian satellite some had hoped to save for Antarctic communications
March 23, 2012 12:59 PM
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Second Life for Failed Russian Satellite?
But time running out to use spacecraft for Antarctic communications
House Panel Pummels Holdren Over Cuts to NASA's Planetary Program
A proposed $300-million cut to NASA's planetary science budget threatens U.S. leadership in the field—and breaks a promise to the community, says a Democratic member of the House of...
February 13, 2012 2:01 PM
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A Mystery Meteorite From the House of Sting
Rock recovered from musician's property may shed light on ice age Britain
Russia Explores New Phobos-Grunt Mission to Mars
Russian space scientists this week floated the idea of building a new version of the Phobos-Grunt sample return spacecraft after the first model failed to escape Earth orbit and...
January 19, 2012 4:43 PM
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Crafoord Prizes Announced
Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the four winners of the 2012 Crafoord Prize, an annual award that rotates between the disciplines of astronomy, mathematics, geosciences, biosciences,...
Giant Telescopes Face NSF Funding Delay
For nearly a decade now, two university consortia in the United States have been in a race to build two ground-based telescopes that would be several times bigger than...
Europe's Euclid Mission Gives NASA a Tiny Role
For nearly a decade, officials at NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have discussed a shared mission to study dark energy. But any substantive collaboration on Europe's dark...
ESA Picks Up Signal From Defunct Mars Probe
The European Space Agency (ESA) has reported that last night it received a signal from the stricken Mars probe Phobos-Grunt. The Russian mission was launched on 8 November but...
Congress to Keep Funding NASA's Webb Telescope
Congress appears to have preserved funding for the James Webb Space Telescope. Last night lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate issued a final spending bill...
Engine Trouble Leaves Russian Phobos Probe Stranded in Orbit
Russia's first solar system exploration mission since 1996 hangs in the balance today as the probe failed to ignite its engines to start the journey to Mars. The mission...
October 28, 2011 2:36 PM
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Whew! U.S. Earth-Observing Satellite Actually Makes It Into Orbit
Third time's the charm. Climate and weather researchers are breathing a bit easier today with this morning's successful launch of a NASA satellite that will provide data to the...
October 27, 2011 11:04 AM
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In Announcing Comet Crack-Up NASA Displays the Write Stuff
The comet Elenin, never more than a modest celestial ice ball, has broken into even smaller pieces, NASA announced 25 October.
October 5, 2011 11:37 AM
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European Space Agency to Probe Dark and Light
Europe will launch two missions to study the sun and the mysterious "dark energy" that is speeding the universe's expansion in launch slots slated for 2017 and 2019. The two...
October 4, 2011 10:50 AM
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Giant Radiotelescope Competition Nears Decision Point
The project to build the largest radiotelescope the world has ever seen, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), took a key step last month when the two candidate sites, southern...
NSF Prepares for Review of Two Giant Telescopes
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is gearing up for a long-awaited competition between two California-based consortia seeking federal support to build the next giant ground-based telescope. But a perception...
September 8, 2011 11:32 AM
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U.S. Planetary Scientist Admits Attempted Espionage
A one-time principal investigator on a NASA mission that is still orbiting the moon has admitted trying to sell classified materials to an FBI employee posing as an Israeli...
September 1, 2011 2:00 PM
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NASA Aims to Protect Apollo Artifacts From Next Lunar Arrivals
NASA has begun wrestling with how to safeguard the historic and scientific value of more than three dozen sites on the moon. These remnants of America's golden era of...
September 1, 2011 11:54 AM
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Academy Panel Urges Greater Focus on Space Junk
Traveling along with the space station and hundreds of satellites is a swarm of more than 16,000 bits and pieces of rocket parts traveling at high velocities. Any one...
Webb Telescope Delayed, Costs Rise to $8 Billion
It's hardly the most opportune time to announce a huge cost overrun for a major science facility. But last week NASA told Congress that its proposed successor to Hubble,...
July 22, 2011 2:17 PM
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Geologic Enigma Is Target of Next Mars Rover
With the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum providing a suitably themed backdrop, NASA officials announced today that its next Mars rover, Curiosity (a.k.a. Mars Science Laboratory), will be...
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