October 18, 2012 JPL Scientists Participate in ShakeOut ExercisesTwo JPL-developed projects designed to assist in response to earthquake disasters participated in exercises tied to today's Great California ShakeOut quake drill. |
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October 18, 2012 Mars Soil Sample Delivered for Analysis Inside RoverNASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission. |
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October 17, 2012 Could a Hurricane Ever Strike Southern California?California has its share of disasters, like earthquakes, fires and floods. But what are the odds a hurricane could ever strike here? Turns out the concept isn't exactly all wet. |
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October 17, 2012 Jupiter: Turmoil from Below, Battering from AboveNASA scientists are observing Jupiter's appearance - its clouds, belts, hotspots, fireballs - change in unprecedented ways. |
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October 16, 2012 NASA to Host Mars Curiosity Rover Teleconference Oct. 18NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars. |
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October 16, 2012 What's Baking on Titan?NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots curious surface features on Saturn's largest moon, including a "hot-cross bun" and outlines of vast southern seas. |
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October 15, 2012 A Long and Winding Road: Cassini Celebrates 15 YearsIt's been 3.8 billion miles and a trunk full of memories for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, launched 15 years ago today. |
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October 15, 2012 Citizens Discover Four-Star Planet with NASA's KeplerA joint effort of amateur astronomers and scientists has led to the first reported case of a planet orbiting a double star, orbited itself by a second distant pair of stars. |
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October 15, 2012 Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop CommandedCommands will be sent to Curiosity today instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust. |
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October 15, 2012 NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter AsteroidsObservations from NASA's WISE all-sky survey reveal new clues about Jovian Trojans, mysterious asteroids that orbit in front of and behind Jupiter in its path around the sun. |
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