New Mars mission planned for 2016The space agency decided Monday to launch a relatively low-cost robotic lander in 2016 to check out what makes the Martian core so different from Earth's.
NASA's Discovery program picked a project called Insight over missions to a Saturn moon and a comet, drawing complaints from scientists who study other places in our solar system that NASA is too focused on Mars.
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SpaceX no stranger to launch day rocket glitchesWhen a privately built rocket aborted its launch attempt at the very last second on Saturday, it was likely a familiar sight to the booster's builders: The California-based company SpaceX.
SpaceX's unmanned Falcon 9 rocket aborted its launch attempt this morning just as the countdown reached T minus 0.5 seconds and the rocket's nine main engines ignited, apparently due to an unexpectedly high engine pressure reading. The rocket will now have to wait until at least Tuesday to attempt to launch SpaceX's first robotic Dragon space capsule flight to the International Space Station.
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THE Importance of Spoiler Space in Writing Film AND Book ReviewsDon't you just hate reading a review and finding out about the ending of a film or book before you see it for yourself? Here are tips on adding spoiler warnings to avoid making the same mistake in your own reviews.
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Mystery Files: The WOW SignalThe signal exactly matched the expected signature of an interstellar transmission, and was so remarkable that he took out his pen, circled the data and scribbled "WOW" on the printout. The signal was everything that they were looking for. It lasted for a full 72 seconds and was so powerful that it sent the "Big Ear's" monitoring apparatus completely off the scale.
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Pluto to Make a Star "Wink Out" Twice This Week Starting at 11:15 UT on June 23, Pluto and its largest moon Charon will both occult a very bright star. Just a few days later, beginning at 14:18 UT on June 27, Pluto and its smaller moon Hydra will each pass in front of a different bright star.
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