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two young brown dwarfs

November 23, 2009

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these cosmic misfits are formed.

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Free Spirit

November 23, 2009

Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Spirit experienced a wheel stall with the right-rear wheel during the second step of a two-step drive on Sol 2092 (Saturday, Nov. 21).

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Unprocessed image from Cassini's Enceladus flyby

November 21, 2009

Cassini Sends Back Images of Enceladus as Winter Nears

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sailed seamlessly through the Nov. 21 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and started transmitting uncalibrated temperature data and images of the rippling terrain.

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Artist's concept of Kepler in the distant solar system

November 20, 2009

Popular Science and Popular Mechanics Magazines Honor Kepler

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has earned the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award from Popular Science and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics.

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Artist's concept of Cassini's Nov. 21, 2009, Enceladus flyby

November 19, 2009

Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing "tiger stripes" before winter darkness blankets the area for several years.

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Artist's concept of the bubble of our sun's influence

November 19, 2009

Cassini's Big Sky: The View from the Center of Our Solar System

When NASA's Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the Saturnian system.

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Spirit photographs her underbelly

November 18, 2009

Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again

Because the first extrication drive for Spirit, on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17), stopped as soon as it began due to an exceeded tilt limit, the plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) will essentially be a repeat of the first drive plan, but with improved rover attitude knowledge.

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WFPC-2 on display at the Smithsonian

November 18, 2009

NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian

Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis last May.

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Spirit photographs her underbelly

November 17, 2009

Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive

The preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt than permitted.

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NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

November 17, 2009

NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site for Internet users to advance their knowledge about Mars while having fun at the same time.

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