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January 7, 2009  Last updated: 55 minutes ago
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Discoveries

 A Newly Discovered Solar System Contains Scaled-Down Versions of Saturn and Jupiter


Finding means solar systems like ours may be common throughout the galaxy.

Chandra Discovers Cosmic Cannonball


One of the fastest moving stars ever seen has been discovered with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This cosmic cannonball is challenging theories to explain its blistering speed.

Scientists Discover Record Fifth Planet Orbiting Nearby Star


Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system. The star now holds the record for number of confirmed extrasolar planets orbiting in a planetary system.

Speeding-Bullet Star Mira Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky


NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted an amazingly long comet-like tail behind a star streaking through space at supersonic speeds.


Sun

 US National Security Space Office Sees Space-Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security


The basic idea is very straightforward: place very large solar arrays into continuously and intensely sunlit Earth orbit (1,366 watts/m2), collect gigawatts of electrical energy, electromagnetically beam it to...

The Sun Loses its Spots


Maybe it's the Calm Before the Storm
Space

 NASA Conducts First Test On New Motor For The Ares I Rocket


Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a two-stage rocket that will launch astronauts aboard the Orion crew capsule on missions to the International Space Station and to the moon by 2020.


Moon

 Lighting up the Lunar Night with Fuel Cells


How do you survive in a remote, mountainous region that has no water or wind and sometimes goes without sunlight for weeks? This is not the premise for a survivalist reality show; it's a question NASA must answer before sending humans to live and work on the moon.

Scientists Detect Lowest Frequency Radar Echo From the Moon


A team of scientists has detected the lowest frequency radar echo from the moon ever seen with earth-based receivers.

NASA tests lunar habitat in extreme Antarctic environment


NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon. The agency is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to Antarctica to see how it stands up during a year of use.

'Godess of the Moon' Goes to... the Moon


After decades long break a new man made object took off to the Moon today.


Technology

 NRL Developing Space "Tow Truck" Technology For Satellite Operations


The Naval Research Laboratory's Naval Center for Space Technology has achieved a key milestone toward the development of autonomous servicing of unaided spacecraft. Working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NRL has developed, tested and ground-demonstrated guidance and control algorithms to allow a robotic servicing vehicle to autonomously rendezvous and dock with customer satellites not pre-designed for docking.

Bargain Basement Satellites


Looking for a cheap fare 'round the world? Your search is over. A NASA team has built a small, low-cost satellite and it's almost ready to fly.


NASA TV







Earth

 Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago


Caused wooly mammoth extinction, global cooling and end of early human Clovis culture

NASA Satellite Captures First View of 'Night-Shining Clouds'


A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious shiny polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth’s surface.

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  1. NASA tests lunar habitat in extreme Antarctic environment
  2. Martian Skies Brighten Slightly
  3. Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago
  4. US National Security Space Office Sees Space-Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security
  5. 'Godess of the Moon' Goes to... the Moon
  6. Lighting up the Lunar Night with Fuel Cells
  7. NASA Mars Rover Ready for Descent Into Crater
  8. Spitzer Finds Evidence for Planets with Four Parents
  9. Bargain Basement Satellites
  10. Scientists Detect Lowest Frequency Radar Echo From the Moon

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