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NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Planet-Hunting Mission on Science stuff

April 12, 2018, 1:42 a.m.

On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is scheduled to launch no earlier than 6:32 p.m. EDT Monday, April 16. Prelaunch mission coverage will begin...

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Planet-Hunting Mission

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The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet on Science stuff

April 10, 2018, 4:36 p.m.

APOD: 2018 April 9 - The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet

NASA Ready to Study Heart of Mars on Science stuff

April 7, 2018, 6:45 p.m.

NASA is about to go on a journey to study the interior of Mars. The space agency held a news conference today at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, detailing the next mission to the Red Planet.

NASA Ready to Study Heart of Mars

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New Research Heading to Space Station Aboard 14th SpaceX Resupply Mission on Science stuff

April 7, 2018, 1:31 a.m.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station soon will receive a delivery of experiments dealing with how the human body, plants and materials behave in space following the 4:30 p.m. EDT launch Monday of a SpaceX co...

New Research Heading to Space Station on 14th SpaceX Resupply Mission

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NASA Awards Contract to Build Quieter Supersonic Aircraft on Science stuff

April 6, 2018, 2:36 p.m.

NASA has taken another step toward re-introducing supersonic flight with the award Tuesday of a contract for the design, building and testing of a supersonic aircraft that reduces a sonic boom to a gentle thump.

NASA Awards Contract to Build Quieter Supersonic Aircraft

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NASA Awards Contract for Logistics Support Services on Science stuff

April 6, 2018, 12:37 p.m.

NASA has awarded a contract to L&M Technologies Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide logistics support services at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

NASA Awards Contract for Logistics Support Services

Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity on Science stuff

April 6, 2018, 3:14 a.m.

APOD: 2018 April 4 - Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity

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Frostburg State Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut in Space on Science stuff

April 6, 2018, 1:44 a.m.

Frostburg State University, in collaboration with its sister institutions in Frostburg, Maryland, will speak with NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold who is living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Stati...

Frostburg State Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut in Space

Encarecer bebidas azucaradas, alcohol y tabaco beneficia a los más pobres on Science stuff

April 5, 2018, 11:22 p.m.

Un equipo científico asesor de la Organización Mundial de la Salud estudia el impacto de los impuestos para reducir la incidencia de cáncer y otras enfermedades crónicas

Encarecer bebidas azucaradas, alcohol y tabaco beneficia a los más pobres

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Practicing Tai Chi helps improve respiratory function in patients with COPD on Science stuff

April 5, 2018, 4:16 a.m.

Currently, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is used where available to improve exercise capacity and quality of life, but the treatment requires access to trained staff and specialized facilities. A new study looked at Tai ...https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180404182507.htm

Una grieta kilométrica recuerda que África se está dividiendo en dos on Science stuff

April 5, 2018, 1:01 a.m.

La raja en la tierra se debe a la existencia de una falla que atraviesa el este del continente

Una grieta kilométrica recuerda que África se está dividiendo en dos

Miles de agujeros negros rodean el centro de la galaxia on Science stuff

April 5, 2018, 12:48 a.m.

Descubren varios sistemas binarios de estrellas en los que uno es un agujero negro cerca del núcleo de la Vía Láctea

Miles de agujeros negros rodean el centro de la galaxia

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Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini) on Science stuff

April 5, 2018, 12:32 a.m.

While cruising around Saturn,

The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations on Science stuff

April 4, 2018, 6:44 p.m.

You may have heard of the

NASA Brings Universe of Discovery to USA Science and Engineering Festival on Science stuff

April 4, 2018, 4:21 p.m.

Step into the future of aviation and space exploration with NASA at the USA Science and Engineering Festival on Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.

NASA Brings Universe of Discovery to USA Science, Engineering Festival

Descubierto un nuevo órgano gigante que no se ve bajo el microscopio on Science stuff

April 4, 2018, 2:32 a.m.

El intersticio humano ha pasado desapercibido hasta ahora por estar formado de cavidades que no se pueden observar en el laboratorio

Descubierto un nuevo órgano gigante que no se ve bajo el microscopio

Transforming Aviation on Science stuff

April 3, 2018, 2:55 p.m.

Aeronautical innovations are part of a government-industry partnership to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States.

Transforming Aviation

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NASA Invests in Shapeshifters, Biobots, Other Visionary Technology on Science stuff

April 1, 2018, 7:02 a.m.

NASA is investing in technology concepts that includes meteoroid impact detection, space telescope swarms and small orbital debris mapping technologies that may one day be used for future space exploration missions.

NASA Invests in Shapeshifters, Biobots, Other Visionary Technology

Chaos that will keep you warm: Researchers improve heat insulation using deliberate chaos on Science stuff

April 1, 2018, 12:26 a.m.

Powder is extremely well-suited for thermal insulation when there is a jumble of different sized nanoparticles in it. The scientists were able to determine how the thermal conductivity of powder is influenced by order an...https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180331161145.htm

El último refugio del lobo ibérico on Science stuff

March 31, 2018, 5:42 a.m.

Las diferentes legislaciones autonómicas y la falta de planes científicos mantienen a la especie confinada en el noroeste de España

El último refugio del lobo ibérico

NGC 2023 in the Horsehead s Shadow on Science stuff

March 30, 2018, 9:24 a.m.

Carved by a bright

APOD: 2018 March 29 - NGC 2023 in the Horsehead s Shadow

Una nueva técnica frustra el camuflaje de los tumores on Science stuff

March 30, 2018, 12:47 a.m.

Una inmunoterapia con anticuerpos evita que el cáncer escape de las células asesinas naturales

Una nueva técnica frustra el camuflaje de los tumores

Be a Flight Director: NASA Accepting Applications for Mission Control Leaders on Science stuff

March 29, 2018, 2:38 p.m.

How would you like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight, responsible for the success of missions and the highly trained teams of engineers and scientists that make them possible? NASA is hiring new flight directors fo...

Be a Flight Director: NASA Accepting Applications for Mission Control

A next-generation non-hormonal contraceptive for women is being developed in Sweden on Science stuff

March 29, 2018, 8:21 a.m.

A hormone-free women's contraceptive with no side effects is one promising use for a new technique developed by researchers kto tighten up the mucous membrane – the body’s first line of defense in protecting its inner li...https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328224232.htm

NASA Prepares to Launch Next Mission to Search Sky for New Worlds on Science stuff

March 29, 2018, 12:01 a.m.

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess ...

NASA Prepares to Launch Next Mission to Search Sky for New Worlds

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Mars Between Nebulas on Science stuff

March 28, 2018, 7:43 a.m.

APOD: 2018 March 27 - Mars Between Nebulas

NASA Awards Contract for Environmental Compliance, Operation Services on Science stuff

March 27, 2018, 11:40 p.m.

NASA has awarded a contract to Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for continued environmental compliance and operation services at the agency’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New M...

NASA Awards Contract for Environmental Compliance, Operation Services

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission on Science stuff

March 27, 2018, 11:05 a.m.

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX now is targeting its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station for no earlier than 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday, April 2.

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission

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The Coma Cluster of Galaxies on Science stuff

March 27, 2018, 7:14 a.m.

APOD: 2018 March 26 - The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

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NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Status of James Webb Space Telescope on Science stuff

March 27, 2018, 12:53 a.m.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 27, to provide an update on the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope – what will be the world’s premier infrared space observatory and the biggest ast...

NASA Hosts Teleconference on Status of James Webb Space Telescope

Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula on Science stuff

March 26, 2018, 6:44 p.m.

APOD: 2018 March 23 - Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula

Announcing Nova Carinae 2018 on Science stuff

March 26, 2018, 5:21 p.m.

How bright will Nova Carina...

APOD: 2018 March 25 - Announcing Nova Carinae 2018

ADN extraterrestre on Science stuff

March 26, 2018, 5:48 a.m.

El genoma de Ata, el supuesto alienígena hallado en Atacama, demuestra su naturaleza terrícola y plantea un par de experimentos mentales

Análisis | ADN extraterrestre

“Tratar la tuberculosis es un inversión económica de alto rendimiento pero los Estados no dedican lo on Science stuff

March 25, 2018, 10:05 p.m.

El doctor Jaramillo apunta que el abordaje de esta enfermedad no es “atractivo” para los gobiernos porque no tiene resultados inmediatos

“Tratar la tuberculosis es una inversión económica de alto rendimiento pero los Estados no dedican lo necesario”

NGC 602 and Beyond on Science stuff

March 25, 2018, 5:26 p.m.

Near the outskirts of the