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NASA Study: Mass Gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet Greater than Losses
Posted in Science on 2nd Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Increases in Antarctic snow is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh the losses from its thinning glaciers.
New analysis of Apollo lunar samples solves decades-old mystery
Posted in Science on 29th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Lunar soil samples contain amino acids, but the technology to determine where they came from has not been available until now.
Review gives NASA's Space Launch System the tick of approval
Posted in Science on 26th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The final review paves the way for full-scale fabrication of the first exploration-class rocket since the Saturn V and the most powerful rocket ever built.
New Horizons changes course for next deep-space rendezvous
Posted in Science on 24th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The New Horizons deep-space probe aims to rendezvous with a Kuiper Belt object one billion miles beyond Pluto in 2019.
Most Earth-like worlds have yet to be born, says new NASA study
Posted in Science on 21st Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
There should already be 1 billion Earth-sized worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. That estimate skyrockets when you include the other 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.