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October 09, 2014

Hubble project maps temperature, water vapor on wild exoplanet
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 10, 2014
A team of scientists including a University of Colorado Boulder professor used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a giant, oddball planet orbiting another star, an object twice as massive as Jupiter and hot enough to melt steel. The Hubble observations show that the planet, called WASP-43b, is no place to call home. It's a world of extremes, where winds howl at the speed of sound from a 3,000-degree-Fahrenheit dayside to a pitch-black nightside ... read more

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CU-Boulder-led team study origins and evolution of life in universe NASA has awarded a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder more than $7 million to study aspects of the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. The team, led by C ... more		Rocket fuel freeze caused EU satellite mislaunch: probe Fuel that froze on a Russian Soyuz rocket caused two satellites from Europe's troubled Galileo navigation system to be placed into the wrong orbit in August, an investigation concluded Wednesday. ... more				NASA Parachute Engineers Have Appetite for Destruction Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are bound and determined to destroy a perfectly good parachute this week during the latest test for the Low-Density Supersoni ... more
				Pressing the accelerator on quantum robotics Quantum computing will allow for the creation of powerful computers, but also much smarter and more creative robots than conventional ones. This was the conclusion arrived at by researchers from Spa ... more		US, German astronauts finish spacewalk to maintain ISS An American and a German astronaut spent just over six hours on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday for equipment repairs and maintenance, NASA said. ... more

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Wiseman and Gerst Complete First Spacewalk of Expedition 41 Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency completed the first of three Expedition 41 spacewalks at 2:43 p.m. EDT Tuesday. The spacewalkers worked outside the Q ... more		Russia May Send Repeat Mission to Martian Moon Phobos in 2023 Russia may attempt to repeat its mission to Mars' moon Phobos in 2023, Lev Zeleny, the head of the Russian Space Research Institute told RIA Novosti Friday. The Russian-led mission Phobos-Grun ... more				Russian Scientists Develop Mechanism for Rover's Descent to Mars Russian scientists have developed a unique mechanism for the rover's descent to the surface of Mars, Lev Zeleny, the head of the Russian Space Research Institute said on Friday. "Our European ... more
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	As spacewalks resume, change is coming to the International Space Station Two residents of the International Space Station were able stretch their legs on Tuesday as they took a walk outside their cozy confines to fix the station's orbiting laboratory - the first spacewalk in months. ... more		NASA's Space Power Facility Getting Ready to Shake Orion Up What does it feel like to sit on top of a rocket with 8.6 million pounds of thrust? A table in Sandusky, Ohio, could give you a taste. The 22-foot-wide, 55,000-pound vibration-simulating table was d ... more

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