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Covert NRO Satellite Fades into Capes Cloudy Night Skies Shrouded in Liftoff Secrecy: Gallery ? As ULA Atlas Wins Landsat Launch
10 hours ago | Universe Today
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL ? As one Atlas rocket carrying a covert spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to monitor Earth for national security purposes faded into cloudy nighttime skies over the Cape in the dead of night shrouded in liftoff secrecy, rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) won another significant Atlas launch contract for NASA?s Landsat 9 satellite to monitor the health of Earth?s environment.
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Nope, our Temporary Moon Isn?t Space Junk, it?s an Asteroid
23 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A team of astronomers from the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has confirmed that Earth's "temporary Moon" is an asteroid, and not space junk.
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Sky Pointing Curiosity Captures Breathtaking Vista of Mount Sharp and Crater Rim, Climbs Vera Rubin Seeking Hydrated Martian Minerals
22 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
5 years after a heart throbbing Martian touchdown, Curiosity is climbing Vera Rubin Ridge in search of ?aqueous minerals? and ?clays? for clues to possible past life while capturing ?truly breathtaking? vistas of humongous Mount Sharp - her primary destination ? and the stark eroded rim of the Gale Crater landing zone from ever higher elevations, NASA scientists tell Universe Today in a new mission update.
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Good News Everyone! There are Less Deadly Undiscovered Asteroids than we Thought
21 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
According to a new analysis, the number of undiscovered and potentially-hazardous asteroids could be lower than previously thought.
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Looking for Signs of Life on Distant Planets Just Got Easier
21 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A recent study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has produced a new 3-D model for determining exoplanet habitability.
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Bigelow and ULA are Sending a Habitat to Lunar Orbit by 2022
20 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance announced on Tuesday that they’ll be sending their own inflatable habitat to lunar orbit by 2022. They’re calling it the Lunar Depot. Part laboratory, part hotel, the habitat will serve as a destination for anyone planning to visit the Moon. Suddenly the Moon has become all the rage for […]
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Forecast for Titan: Cold, with a Chance of Noxious Ice Clouds
20 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
One of the many interesting finds made by the Cassini orbiter before it crashed into Saturn was evidence of a hybrid, toxic ice cloud above Titan's southern pole.
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Stable Lava Tube Could Provide a Potential Human Habitat on the Moon
19 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A new study by JAXA and international scientists has confirmed the existence of a stable lava tube in the Marius Hills region of the Moon.
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Metal-Eating Bacteria Could Have Left their ?Fingerprints? on Mars, Proving it Once Hosted Life
19 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A new study by a team of European scientists has shown how metal-eating bacteria could have left their mark on Mars, which could be discovered by future missions
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Flowing Water on Mars Likely Cold and Frosty, Says New Study
18 Oct 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A new study from Brown University has offered a possible explanation for how surface water could have flown on Mars roughly 4 billion years ago.
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