News tagged with deimos
Pioneering images of both martian moons (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, the martian moons Phobos and Deimos have been caught on camera together. ESA's Mars Express orbiter took these pioneering images last month. Apart from their ‘wow’ ...
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Dec 11, 2009 |
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New Views of Martian Moon and Surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from two observations of the Martian moon Deimos and more than 600 observations of Mars, acquired by the high-resolution camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, became ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Russia's Mars probe will crash to Earth in January
A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Russians desperately try to save Mars moon probe (Update)
A Russian space probe aiming to land on a Mars moon was stuck circling the Earth after equipment failure Wednesday, and scientists raced to fire up its engines before the whole thing came crashing down.
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Nov 09, 2011 |
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Russian craft embarks on voyage to Mars moon (Update)
A Russian probe on Wednesday set off on a three year return mission to Mars that aims to bring the first sample of a Martian moon back to Earth and re-establish Moscow as a power in planetary exploration. ...
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Nov 08, 2011 |
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Russia aims for first conquest of Mars
Russia on Wednesday launches a probe for Mars that aims to collect a chunk of a Martian moon and become Moscow's first successful planetary mission since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Nov 07, 2011 |
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Found: Heart of darkness
Astronomers using the 10-meter Keck II telescope in Hawaii have confirmed in a new paper that a troupe of about 1,000 small, dim stars just outside the Milky Way comprise the darkest known galaxy, as well ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Martian moon Phobos may have formed by catastrophic blast
Scientists now have firm indications that the Martian satellite Phobos formed relatively near its current location via re-accretion of material blasted into Mars’ orbit by some catastrophic event. Two independent ...
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Sep 21, 2010 |
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Has U.S. hit its final frontier in space?
Still hoping for that Jetsons future? Ruh-roh, as the Jetsons' dog, Astro, might put it.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2010 |
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New tidal streams found in Andromeda reveal history of galactic mergers
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers has identified two new tidal streams in the Andromeda galaxy, the remnants of dwarf galaxies consumed by our large galactic neighbor. Analysis of the stars ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (Update)
(AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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Mysterious space blob discovered at cosmic dawn (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers, led by Carnegie's Masami Ouchi, have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed when the universe was only 800 million years old. Dubbed an extended "Lyman-Alpha ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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