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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
At its current location for inspecting an active sand dune, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is adding some sample-processing moves not previously used on Mars.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | January 22, 2016
About 600 miles from Earth's surface is the first of two donut-shaped electron swarms, known as the Van Allen Belts, or the radiation belts.NASA From ACM News | January 20, 2016
In a far-off galaxy, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, a ravenous black hole is devouring galactic grub. Its feeding frenzy produces so much energy, it stirs...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | January 15, 2016
Features on dwarf planet Ceres that piqued the interest of scientists throughout 2015 stand out in exquisite detail in the latest images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | January 13, 2016
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured the best high-energy X-ray view yet of a portion of our nearest large, neighboring galaxy,...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | January 7, 2016
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's steep...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | January 5, 2016
After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy...NASA From ACM News | December 23, 2015
NASA's Dawn spacecraft, cruising in its lowest and final orbit at dwarf planet Ceres, has delivered the first images from its best-ever viewpoint.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 22, 2015
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting data and images from the mission's final close flyby of Saturn's active moon Enceladus. Cassini passed Enceladus...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 21, 2015
In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 18, 2015
A thrilling chapter in the exploration of the solar system will soon conclude, as NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft makes its final close flyby of the ocean...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 17, 2015
A long time ago in a galaxy half the universe away, a flood of high-energy gamma rays began its journey to Earth.NASA From ACM News | December 15, 2015
Ceres reveals some of its well-kept secrets in two new studies in the journal Nature, thanks to data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 9, 2015
When NASA's Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, new views of the giant planet's swirling clouds will be sent back to Earth, courtesy of its color camera...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 8, 2015
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the first in a series of the sharpest views of Pluto it obtained during its July flyby—and the best close-ups of Pluto...NASA From ACM News | December 7, 2015
Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe. It existed...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 4, 2015
Scientists now have a better understanding about a site with the most chemically diverse mineral veins NASA's Curiosity rover has examined on Mars, thanks in part...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | November 11, 2015
The long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos are likely early signs of the structural failure that will ultimately destroy this moon of Mars.NASA From ACM News | November 10, 2015
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian...NASA From ACM News | November 6, 2015