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New NASA Mars Rover May Help Launch Future Searches for Life Thumb

New NASA Mars Rover May Help Launch Future Searches for Life

November 23, 2011
NASA's new state-of-the-art Mars rover, which is slated to launch into space on Saturday (Nov. 26), will investigate whether the Martian environment is — or ever was — habitable.
Sands of Mars Caught Blowing in the Wind by NASA Spacecraft Thumb

Sands of Mars Caught Blowing in the Wind by NASA Spacecraft

November 23, 2011
A powerful NASA spacecraft has spotted shifting sand dunes and ripples all over Mars, with strong Martian winds keeping the sandy Martian surface much more active than scientists ever imagined.
Time Running Out to Save Russian Mars Moon Probe Thumb

Time Running Out to Save Russian Mars Moon Probe

November 23, 2011
An international effort is under way to save Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars, but time is quickly running out on propelling the probe toward the Red Planet.
New Hubble Photo Shows Off Gorgeous Globular Cluster Thumb

New Hubble Photo Shows Off Gorgeous Globular Cluster

November 22, 2011
A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows off the striking globular cluster NGC 1846, which lies 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Doradus.
NASA Mission to Mercury Gets 1-Year Life Extension Thumb

NASA Mission to Mercury Gets 1-Year Life Extension

November 17, 2011
A NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Mercury will spend an extra year circling the small rocky world, extending its mission to 2013, mission scientists say.
Black Hole's Cosmic Feasting Brings Bouts of Belching Thumb

Black Hole's Cosmic Feasting Brings Bouts of Belching

November 16, 2011
A black hole's greedy gobbling has apparently given it a case of cosmic indigestion, a new study reports
Jupiter Moon's Buried Lakes Evoke Antarctica Thumb

Jupiter Moon's Buried Lakes Evoke Antarctica

November 16, 2011
Some of the most frigid areas on Earth are providing scientists with tantalizing hints of water only a few miles under the icy crust of Jupiter's moon, Europa.
Russia Still Trying to Contact Stranded Mars Moon Probe Thumb

Russia Still Trying to Contact Stranded Mars Moon Probe

November 15, 2011
Russian engineers are still trying to communicate with a wayward Mars moon probe, and they have until early December to fix the spacecraft and send it on its way, according to news reports.  
Strange Hyperactive Galaxies Spotted by Hubble Telescope Thumb

Strange Hyperactive Galaxies Spotted by Hubble Telescope

November 10, 2011
Astronomers have discovered a strange population of tiny, distant galaxies forming stars at a surprisingly rapid clip.
Mars Mission Update Thumb

Mars Mission Update

November 9, 2011
According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, mission controllers have a roughly two-week window to rescue the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft before its batteries run out. With NASA poised to launch its newest Mars rover later this month, Phobos-Grunt's malfunction highlights how difficult it is to reach Mars