Media in category space exploration:
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The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Breaks Ground in Chile |
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The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is slated to be the first in a new class of extremely large telescopes, capable of producing images with 10 times the clarity of those captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The GMT aims to discover Earth-like planets around nearby stars and the tiny distortions t...
Date: 2015-12-08 16:25:03 |
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GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE - "A PERFECT MIRROR" |
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Dr. Wendy Freedman, Chairman GMT, and Dr. Pat McCarthy, Director GMT, discuss the Giant Magellan Telescope's mirrors and the science that they will enable.
Date: 2015-12-08 16:12:19 |
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Martian Atmosphere -NASA |
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Mars is a cold and barren desert today, but scientists think that in the ancient past it was warm and wet. The loss of the early Martian atmosphere may have led to this dramatic change, and one of the prime suspects is the solar wind. Unlike Earth, Mars lacks a global magnetic field to deflect the s
Date: 2015-11-05 20:06:01 |
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Earth Rising-ISS Timelapse |
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This time lapse footage of the earth during sunrise accross te planet was taken by the International Space Station on October 3, 2015. NASA, 2015
Date: 2015-10-19 19:04:45 |
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Liquid Water on Mars - NASA |
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Highlights from a Sept. 28, 2015, briefing with NASA officials discussing the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
Date: 2015-09-28 16:54:34 |
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50 Years of Mars Exploration |
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2015 marks 50 years of successful NASA missions to Mars starting with Mariner 4 in 1965. Since then, a total of 15 robotic missions led by various NASA centers have laid the groundwork for future human missions to the Red Planet. The journey to Mars continues with additional robotic missions planned...
Date: 2015-08-26 19:49:04 |
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The Universe by Astrophysicis Neil de Grase |
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American astrophysicist and cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote and narrated a YouTube piece for Minute Physics called A Brief History of Everything, with the scientist explaining and condensing the epic 16 billion year history of the universe into a succinct eight minute video. While the basic co
Date: 2015-08-06 18:53:14 |
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NASA | Four Questions About New Horizons |
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is speeding towards Pluto for the first-ever flyby on July 14, 2015. Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’s chemical and atmospheric makeup, and the Ralph spectrometer will do just that. Instrument scientist Dennis Reuter discusses Ralph, Pluto, and
Date: 2015-07-14 17:08:49 |
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