#Hubble Space Telescope delivers first images since shutdown

#Hubble Space Telescope delivers first images since shutdown

“#Hubble Space Telescope delivers first images since shutdown” NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has delivered its first images since the telescope’s payload computer suddenly halted on June 13.  The pictures show a galaxy with what the agency calls “extended spiral arms” and said in a release is the first high-resolution look at a pair of colliding galaxies.  The photos…

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#Curiosity rover detects ‘alien burp’ on surface of Mars

#Curiosity rover detects ‘alien burp’ on surface of Mars

“#Curiosity rover detects ‘alien burp’ on surface of Mars” Did E.T. just belch? A so-called “alien burp” may have been detected by NASA’s Curiosity rover while exploring Mars. A group of scientists may have pinpointed the location of a mysterious source of Martian methane, a simple gas often produced by microbes. Most of the methane…

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#Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no science

#Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no science

“#Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no science” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA. The orbiting observatory went dark in mid-June, with all astronomical viewing halted. NASA initially suspected a 1980s-era computer as the source of the problem….

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#Chinese researchers propose deflecting asteroids with rockets

#Chinese researchers propose deflecting asteroids with rockets

“#Chinese researchers propose deflecting asteroids with rockets” BEIJING — Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China’s largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid — a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth. The idea is more than science fiction. Sometime between late 2021 and early…

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#NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts

#NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts

“#NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts” MIKE ISLAND, La. — Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students can stand on islands that emerged the…

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