NASA finds long-lost Indian lunar orbiter

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NASA finds long-lost Indian lunar orbiter

Engadget
India lost contact with its first lunar orbiter, the Chandrayaan-1, back in 2009. Now, NASA has revealed that the agency discovered its location in July 2016 after testing a method that can be used by future lunar missions.

The new EPA leader takes aim at the heart of climate-change orthodoxy.

National Review
It’s hard to overstate the significance of the recent comment by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt that there is disagreement about whether carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming.

Harvard theorists: How sailing aliens could have caused fast radio bursts

Orlando Sentinel
In 2007, a West Virginia University astrophysicist named Duncan Lorimer detected a brief yet intense signal while combing through archival data from the Parkes Observatory telescope in Australia.

UCSD scientists worry Trump could suppress climate change data

Los Angeles Times
UC San Diego may accelerate plans to preserve its climate data due to growing concerns among faculty members that the Trump administration could interfere with their work.

Private firms helping NASA wean itself off the Russians

Washington Examiner
Mankind is once again on the verge of traveling to the moon thanks to private companies who now play a leading role in the future of space exploration.

SpaceX to Launch EchoStar 23 Satellite Early Tuesday: Watch It Live

Space.com
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the company’s Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 19, 2017.

Professors weigh in on NASA discovery of seven exoplanets

Duke Chronicle
Forty light years away, seven exoplanets have caused scientists to ask if there is life beyond our own. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration discovered seven possibly habitable planets rotating around a single star—called …

Orion update: progress and setbacks in February 2017

SpaceFlight Insider
High up in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an overhead crane lowers the final work platform, A north, into place for installation in High Bay 3 on Jan. 12.

Synthetic Yeast Chromosomes Help Probe Mysteries of Evolution

Scientific American
Evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould once pondered what would happen if the cassette “tape of life” were rewound and played again.

Giraffe Giving Birth On Live Feed Update: April ‘In Great Condition’ Despite The Cold

International Business Times
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US government to NASA: Get humans to Mars by 2033

TechSpot
This week Congress passed a huge funding bill that gives NASA $19.5 billion for space exploration and presented it to the president.

Rescued Sea Otter Settles Into New Home, Plays with Toys and Still Needs a Name

CBS 8 San Diego
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NASA’s Jupiter moon mission named ‘Europa Clipper’

SpaceFlight Insider
This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Europa mission spacecraft, now called Europa Clipper, which is being developed for a launch sometime in the 2020s.

Rocket Issue Delays Orbital ATK’s Next Cargo Launch for NASA

Space.com
The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft S.S. John Glenn is seen before being encapsulated in its protective shroud at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 9, 2017.

This is probably the only way you’ll ever get to visit the Space Station, but it’s pretty damn good

Mashable
We never tire of seeing amazing new footage from the International Space Station (ISS), but it would be even better if most of us could get a VIP ticket to visit.

Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world’s coral reefs

ABC News
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Belgian astronomers who found planetary system named it after beer

CNN
(CNN) Just how a team of five Belgian scientists discovered one of the most remarkable planetary systems — and named it after their favorite beer — is a story of ingenuity, persistence and luck.

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