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May 15, 2013 NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on MarsScientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year. |
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May 15, 2013 Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of TitanScientists have used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft to map the highs and lows of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. |
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May 13, 2013 Satellites See Double Jeopardy for SoCal Fire SeasonNew insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data. |
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May 9, 2013 NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on MarsThe team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. |
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May 9, 2013 NASA Curiosity Rover Wins Prestigious AwardsTwo prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards. |
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May 9, 2013 Sifting Through the Atmospheres of Far-off WorldsResearchers have begun taking infrared pictures of planets posing near their stars in family portraits. |
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May 7, 2013 Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot GasThe supermassive black hole at the core of our Milky Way galaxy is gobbling up hot gas, according to a new study from the Herschel space observatory. |
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May 6, 2013 NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri DishAstronomers are using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to dissect the atmospheres of an exotic class of planets called hot Jupiters. |
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May 2, 2013 NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. SnowpackA new NASA airborne mission is producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much water is in the snowpack of two mountain watersheds in California and Colorado. |
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May 2, 2013 'Tis the Season -- for Plasma Changes at SaturnNASA's Cassini mission helps reveal seasonal changes in the bubble of charged particles around Saturn, providing a clue to some long-standing mysteries. |