Northrop Telescopes Another Win
Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] is a partner on five contracts awarded by NASA to investigate concepts for nexgen space telescopes.
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No Doughnut Hole This… A True Cluster Hole Found By Hubble…
Omega Centauri has been known to be an unusual globular cluster for a long time.
Read MoreVirgle Asks Is Red Really Your Color?
A most remarkable announcement involves a collaboration with Richard Branson of Virgin Air and Google entitled Virgle, and they’re looking for volunteers to go to the red planet—Mars.
Read MoreHome Again From 16-Day Space Endeavour
Returning from its 16-day STS-123 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA's Shuttle Endeavour safely returned to earth, with a crew of seven onboard.
Read MoreSalt? On Mars?
That's correct...well, at least the potential that salt at one time existed on the planet. NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits, which point to places where water was once abundant...
Read MoreTwo Additional NASA Space Spectaculars
NASA has even more solid info to pass along... the agency's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon, Titan. Plus, a powerful stellar explosion detected March 19 by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object that could be seen with the naked eye.
Read MoreHubahuba, Hubble’s Organic Molecule Discovery
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System.
Read MoreMartian Upheaval Noted By Mars Express
A new analysis of impact cratering data from Mars reveals the planet has undergone a series of global volcanic upheavals.
Read MoreLunar SMARTs For ESA
The European Space Agency's SMART-1 Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) has now collected a number of images of the lunar south-polar region.
Read MoreCarbon Observations Made Easier by GMV
GMV has received final acceptance of their Flight Dynamics System (FDS) for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission.
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