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Warming Seas and Melting Ice Sheets
Sea level rise is a natural consequence of the warming of our planet.
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Nasa: California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought, the California Department of Water Resources today released a new NASA report...
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The Icy Mountains of Pluto
New close-up images of a region near Pluto's equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the...
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Nasa's Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto.
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Nasa Explains Why June 30 Will Get Extra Second
The day will officially be a bit longer than usual on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, because an extra second, or "leap" second, will be added.
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Nasa Soil Moisture Mission Begins Science Operations
NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations.
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How Dry Is Texas? Smap, Txson Network Aim to Find Out
A new network of sensors in the bone-dry Texas hill country will produce detailed data on soil moisture—when there is any.
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NASA Aids Response to Nepal Quake
NASA and its partners are gathering the best available science and information on the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, referred to as the Gorkha...
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Jpl Celebrates Hubble's 25th Anniversary
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the world's first space telescope. Hubble images have revealed a vast and colorful...
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Researchers Test Smartphones For Earthquake Warning
Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes, according...
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On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number
If you like numbers, you will love March 14, 2015.
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Nasa Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf planet Ceres.
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Tiny U.s. Region Is Methane 'hot Spot,' Nasa Finds
One small "hot spot" in the U.S. Southwest is responsible for producing the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen over the United States—more...
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission's...
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Nasa Telescopes ncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy
Astronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction.
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Nasa Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Neptune's Orbit
NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close...
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Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989.
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Nasa Mars Rover Curiosity Nears Mountain-Base Outcrop
As it approaches the second anniversary of its landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is also approaching its first close look at bedrock that is part of Mount...
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Nasa Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before
The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations...
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