Podcast: NASA Tests a Solar Sail

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Imagine a solar powered sail that could propel a space craft through the vacuum of space like a wind that…

Audio: NASA Tests a Solar Sail

20 years ago

Imagine a solar powered sail that could propel a space craft through the vacuum of space like a wind that…

Did Iapetus Consume One of Saturn’s Rings?

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Take a good look at Saturn's moon Iapetus and it has a few striking features that set it apart from…

Dione and Tethys

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Cassini took this image of two of Saturn's moons, Dione and Tethys, perched together near the planet's rings. Dione is…

First MARSIS Boom Fixed

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After a brief glitch last week, the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has successfully deployed the first of its…

DVD Review: Enterprise Season 1 DVD

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I heard on the radio today someone bemoaning the fact that, after 18 years, they will no longer have new…

Smallest Ever Coronal Mass Ejection

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Usually it's the biggest things that get the news, but an international team of researchers have demonstrated that the tiny…

The Birth of a New Black Hole?

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Monday's gamma ray burst might have been just what astronomers have been hoping to see for decades - the birth…

Mapping Life on Earth Could Predict Finding it on Mars

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A researcher from Washington University in St. Louis is developing techniques that will help understand how early life developed and…

A SWIFT Response to Gamma Ray Bursts

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Think astronomy is a boring task of poring over data or staring at star chart after start chart? Sometimes, it…