A Puzzling Cosmic Ring

June 12, 2014

Herschel Sees Budding Stars and a Giant, Strange Ring

An unusually large ring of material has been spotted in a tangled nest of developing stars.

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Artist's rendering of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2

June 12, 2014

New NASA Space Observatory to Study Carbon Conundrums

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere is in final preparations for a July 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

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Radar images of Asteroid 2014 HQ124

June 12, 2014

Giant Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid

NASA scientists using Earth-based radar have produced sharp views of a recently discovered asteroid as it slid silently past our planet.

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LDSD's Rocket-powered Test Vehicle

June 12, 2014

NASA's LDSD 'Flying Saucer' Test--Update

NASA has not been able to conduct the flight test of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) from Kauai, Hawaii, because of continuing unfavorable weather conditions.

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This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD)

June 11, 2014

NASA Media Telecon on Status of LDSD Hawaiian Test Flight

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, June 12 to discuss what this delay in the LDSD testing means and possible next steps for the project.

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This animated blink comparison shows five different versions of observations that NASA's Curiosity made about one hour apart while Mercury was passing in front of the sun on June 3, 2014.

June 10, 2014

Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars

New NASA images from Mars showing Mercury as a dim spot against the sun are the first observation from any planet other than Earth of any planet's solar transit.

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Rosetta at Comet

June 10, 2014

NASA Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science

Three NASA science instruments aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft are beginning observations and sending science data back to Earth.

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Artist's rendering of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2

June 9, 2014

NASA Announces Briefing on New Carbon Dioxide Mission

NASA will hold a media briefing at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, June 12, at NASA Headquarters in Washington about the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission.

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This diagram shows the orbit of asteroid 2014 HQ124, and its location relative to Earth on June 8.

June 6, 2014

Asteroid Discovered by NASA to Pass Earth Safely

A newfound asteroid will safely pass Earth on June 8 from a distance of about 777,000 miles (1.25 million kilometers), more than three times farther away than our moon.

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OPALS and the Moon

June 6, 2014

NASA Beams 'Hello, World!' Video from Space via Laser

NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument.

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