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NASA/NOAA Media Briefing on Latest Polar Environmental Satellite
There will be a NASA and NOAA media teleconference on Thursday, Jan. 22, to discuss the upcoming launch of the NOAA-N Prime satellite.
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Mars Methane Discovery Reveals Activity on Red Planet
The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is still alive, in either a biologic or geologic sense, according to scientists.
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American Meteorological Society Honors NASA Climate Scientist
NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen has been chosen by his peers to receive the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal.
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Goddard-Hosted Program to Air on Discovery Channel
Goddard played host to The Discovery Channel's "Young Scientist Challenge" program in October. That program is scheduled to air on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
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NASA Science Update to Discuss Mars Atmosphere Activity
NASA will hold a science update at 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 15, to discuss analysis of the Martian atmosphere that raises the possibility of life or geologic activity.
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NASA Balloon Mission Tunes in to a Cosmic Radio Mystery
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center today announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise that booms six times louder than expected.
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Fermi Unveils Dozen New Pulsars
The Fermi Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and detected pulses from 18 others.
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Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek at a Young Galaxy's Star Factory
Astronomers have, for the first time, identified gas molecules in the host galaxy of a gamma-ray burst.
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NASA's Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are Different Near and Far
An ongoing X-ray survey undertaken by NASA's Swift spacecraft is revealing differences between nearby active galaxies and those located about halfway across the universe.
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Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars
Brown dwarfs just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
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NASA Science on Display at American Astronomical Society Meeting
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics topics during the 213th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting.
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Hubble Status Report
On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch.
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Hubble Status Report
Servicing Mission 4 to the Hubble Space Telescope is currently on track for a mid-May 2009 launch based on a successful Pre-Environmental Readiness Review (PERR) held December 16 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for the flight spare Science Instrument Command and Data Handling (SI/C&DH).
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New One-of-a-Kind Technology Will Fly on Two NASA Missions
NASA researchers have created an advanced data compression algorithm that will increase science data return for NASA missions.
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Hubble Servicing Mission 4
Read about the upcoming Servicing Mission 4, scheduled to be the last time astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope.
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