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Earth's Most Barren Spot Found Bursting With Microbial Activity, Boosting Search for Life on Mars - Gizmodo
Isaac Schultz
The Atacama Desertan arid, unpopulated swath of northern Chile that is home to some of the most perceptive ground telescopes on Earthis actually teeming with life beneath the ground, according to a t ...[Continue Reading]
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15 days ago
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Voyager 1 was in crisis in interstellar space. NASA wouldn't give up. - The Washington Post
Joel Achenbach
For the past six months a team of engineers at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been trying to fix a glitchy computer. Three things make the repair job challenging: The computer is highly customi ...[Continue Reading]
The Washington Post
1 day ago
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The Longest-Running Laboratory Experiment In The World Is Streaming Live Right Now - IFLScience
James Felton
At the University of Queensland, there is a display containing the longest-running laboratory experiment in the world. It has been running so long that two of its custodians have died before they eve ...[Continue Reading]
IFLScience
1 day ago
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Scientists Discover First-of-Its-Kind Molecule That Absorbs Greenhouse Gasses - ScienceAlert
Clare Watson
A 'cage of cages' is how scientists have described a new type of porous material, unique in its molecular structure, that could be used to trap carbon dioxide and another, more potent greenhouse gas. ...[Continue Reading]
ScienceAlert
1 day ago
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First Dream Chaser spaceplane needs more work when it gets to launch site - Ars Technica
Stephen Clark
Enlarge/ Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane inside a NASA test chamber in Ohio. 15 There is still some work to do to prepare Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane for its first mission, but th ...[Continue Reading]
Ars Technica
2 days ago
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Space Junk Poses an Expensive Problem for NASA, Startups - Bloomberg
Bruce Einhorn
A satellite the size of a milk carton may show a way to prevent Earths neighborhood from turning into a junkyard. The Nimbus, scheduled to soar on an Elon Musk rocket 280 miles (450 kilometers) abo ...[Continue Reading]
Bloomberg
2 days ago