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May 22, 2012 Dark Shadows on Mars: Scene from Durable NASA RoverLate-afternoon shadows add punch to a false-color vista of Endeavour Crater on Mars from NASA's Opportunity rover. |
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May 22, 2012 NASA's NuSTAR Gearing up for LaunchEngineers are installing the "nose cone" around NASA's NuSTAR, a black hole hunter. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 13. |
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May 21, 2012 NASA's Kepler Detects Potential Evaporating PlanetA planet with a tail? NASA's Kepler mission has found evidence for what may be a disintegrating planet. |
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May 21, 2012 Cassini Spots Tiny Moon, Begins to Tilt OrbitNASA's Cassini spacecraft beams back closest images of Methone as it approaches Saturn's largest moon, Titan. |
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May 17, 2012 Herschel Sees Intergalactic Bridge Aglow With StarsThe Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. |
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May 16, 2012 NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous AsteroidsObservations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. |
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May 16, 2012 NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to CaltechNASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos. |
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May 15, 2012 JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open HouseNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
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May 11, 2012 Mojave Desert Tests Prepare for NASA Mars RovingEngineers ran rover-mobility tests on California sand dunes this week in preparation for operating NASA's Curiosity rover after it lands in Mars' Gale Crater. |
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May 10, 2012 NASA's New Carbon-Counting Instrument Leaves the NestNASA's first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide moves a step closer to reality with the shipment of its JPL-built science instrument. |
All 2012 releases
