NASA Probes Isolate Energy Source of Northern Lights
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The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is one of the sky's spectacular phenomena. Its energy source has never been completely understood. Until now.
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Work is underway to establish the first interplanetary laser communication link. The &#36;300 million NASA experiment, if successful, will connect robotic spacecraft at Mars with scientists back on Earth via a beam of light traveling some 300 million kilometers.
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NASA scientists reported that higher temperatures and a retreat of the sea ice over the last two winters offered new evidence that the gases were influencing the ArcticÂs climate.
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Taking full advantage of a rare solar "backlight," NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered a faint new ring around Saturn, as well as other interesting ring features.
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HOUSTON, June 12 -- The international space station deployed  a new power source Tuesday, unfolding a pair of 115-foot-long solar wings like an accordion window blind.
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Clemson professor proposes following NASA's lead on energy-capturing space probes to convert car heat into useful electricity
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 25 -- More than 750 million miles from Earth, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe was released from NASA's Cassini orbiter Christmas Eve and placed on a collision course with Titan, one of Saturn's many moons.
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When the space station passes across the Sun or moon, the scene offers an interesting demonstration of how planet hunter's look for new candidates by measuring the periodic dimming of a parent star.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NASA's Spitzer Telescope recently utilized technology developed by Goodrich Corporation  to capture enough light from planets outside our solar system to identify the molecular make-up of the planets' atmospheres.
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HOUSTON - If the weather cooperates, the international space station should be visible at various times during the holidays from the continental United States, NASA said Tuesday.
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Scientists are hopeful they can retrieve particles of solar wind from a capsule that crashed last week.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space-bound electricians lit up the skies on their way to make a cosmic nighttime house call.
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The launch of a Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights is delayed due to high winds.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Ira Flatow tells Alex how to catch a rare sight in the sky just before Christmas dawn -- no, not Santa, but the International Space Station.
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Jet Propulsion Lab -- A new NASA mission will scan the entire sky in infrared light in search of nearby cool stars, planetary construction zones and the brightest galaxies in the universe.     Called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the mission has been approved to proceed into the preliminary design phase as the next in NASA's Medium-class Explorer program of lower cost, highly focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft...
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Five NASA probes aimed at unraveling mysteries surrounding Earth's colorful auroras are set to launch Friday evening after a 24-hour weather delay.
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NASA's Mars orbiters have spotted &quot;skylights&quot; apparently leading to cavernous underground spaces on Mars.  The discovery is fueling interest in potential underground habitats and sparking searches for caverns elsewhere on the Red Planet.