2014년 5월 26일 월요일

My Time With Comet Lovejoy (Op-Ed)

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On September 7, 2013, Australian Terry Lovejoy — using an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope — discovered what would be designated comet ...

Want to Find Alien Life? It Will Take A Lot of Luck

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Humanity will have the tools to detect alien life in the next two decades, but whether scientists can actually find life in another solar...
2014년 4월 12일 토요일

NASA Mulls Unplanned Spacewalk to Fix Space Station Computer Outage

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A backup computer outage on the International Space Station is forcing NASA to discuss plans for a possible spacewalk repair by astronaut...

Capturing the 2000 Lunar Eclipse from 'Hell on Ice'

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ictor Rogus is an amateur astronomer, and this is the third in his series of exclusive Space.com posts about amateur astronomy. He contri...
2014년 3월 25일 화요일

Incredible Technology: Giant Starshade Could Help Find an Alien Earth

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A flower-shaped spacecraft may help scientists see Earth-like alien worlds like never before. Called a "starshade," the huge,...

Mars Rover Curiosity Takes Aim at Next Martian Science Target

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After a long stretch of pedal-to-the-metal driving, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has its next science target in sight. The 1-ton Cur...

It's Time to Extend Routine Space Operations to the Moon (Op-Ed)

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When the XPRIZE Foundation announced the Google Lunar XPRIZE in 2007, Astrobotic Technology chairman Red Whittaker declared his intention t...