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New images capture 'stealth merger' of dwarf galaxies

Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2012 - New images of a nearby dwarf galaxy have revealed a dense stream of stars in its outer regions, the remains of an even smaller companion galaxy in the process of merging with its host. The hos

Opportunity Energy Levels Decreasing As Winter Takes Hold

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2012 - Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for

Unique Testbed Soon Will Be in Space

Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2012 - New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station after a launch later this year from Japan. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications

The Rings of Saturn and Enceladus

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2012 - A crescent Enceladus appears with Saturn's rings in this Cassini spacecraft view of the moon. The famed jets of water ice emanating from the south polar region of the 504 km-diameter moon are

Calif aerospace workers brace for NASA cuts - The Denver Post

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif.—Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge are bracing for an announcement of NASA s budget in anticipation of major cuts.

NASA App Uses ATC To Teach Math

A new free app from NASA is designed to help kids understand math by solving simulated ATC problems, but developers hope it will also inspire them to pursue a career in aeronautics.

Redu Space Services To Build EDRS Mission Operation Centre

Redu, Belgium (SPX) Feb 09, 2012 - Redu Space Services (RSS) has announced that Astrium has awarded it a contract for the design, development, testing and delivery of the Mission Operation Centre (MOC) in the framework of the Europea

China publishes high-resolution full moon map

Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 09, 2012 - China on Monday published a full coverage map of the moon, as well as several high-resolution images of the celestial body, captured by the country's second moon orbiter, the Chang'e-2. The ma

Russia May Spend Almost $12 bln on Glonass in 2012-2020

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 09, 2012 - Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 bln) on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-2020, the Kommersant daily said on Wednesday. Glonass is Russia's answer to the U.S. G

LARES 'mirror ball' sat will test Einstein's theory

A small satellite that will measure whether Earth drags space-time as it spins will launch from Kourou, French Guiana, on a new European Space Agency

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