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Dana Hurley
Address: 20723Email: dana.hurley@jhuapl.eduInstitution Name: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL)Division: Planetary ScienceArea of Expertise: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) - Lunar Exosphere
David Kass
Address: 91109Email: david.m.kass@jpl.nasa.govInstitution Name: JPLDivision: Planetary ScienceArea of Expertise: MRO - MCS (climate)
Sam Lawrence
Address: 77058Email: samuel.j.lawrence@nasa.govInstitution Name: JSCDivision: Planetary ScienceArea of Expertise: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) - Lunar Volcanism
Steven Lee
Address: 91109Email: steven.w.lee@jpl.nasa.govInstitution Name: JPLDivision: Planetary ScienceArea of Expertise: Curiosity - Rover system engineering, rover mobility and sampling systems, rover engineering operations, rover management
Janet Luhmann
Address: 94720Email: jgluhman@ssl.berkeley.eduInstitution Name: UC BerkeleyDivision: Planetary ScienceArea of Expertise: MAVEN - Solar Wind Interactions
Brandon Lawton
Address: 21218Email: lawton@stsci.eduInstitution Name: Space Telescope Science InstituteDivision: AstrophysicsArea of Expertise: Astrophysics
Mark Cheung
Address: 94304Email: mark.cheung@gmail.comInstitution Name: Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics LaboratoryDivision: HeliophysicsArea of Expertise: solar interior to solar corona and heliosphere.
Exoplanet aerosols are simpler than astronomers thought
A comprehensive analysis of gas giant atmospheres shows that silicates and hydrocarbons dominate obscuring aerosols
Albino porcupine spotted in southern Yukon
A Watson Lake woman and her boyfriend spotted the albino porcupine last Saturday.
NASA ocean ecosystem mission preparing to make waves
NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, or PACE, has successfully passed its design reviews and moved into its construction and testing phase, preparing to advance the fields of global...
NASA infrared imagery indicates Cristobal's heavy rainmaking capabilities
One of the ways NASA observes tropical cyclones is by using infrared data that provides temperature information and indicates storm strength. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered that...
NASA finds Nisarga's remnants over Central India
Tropical Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in west central India on June 4, and the next day NASA's Terra satellite provided a look at the remnants of the storm.
Watch: 'Lovecraft Country' stars confront horrors in teaser trailer
"Lovecraft Country," a new series starring Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Courtney B. Vance, will premiere on HBO in August.
Crisis in Cosmology
The two main components of the Universe that we’re familiar with are ordinary matter and light. The matter is mostly atoms, and the light mostly microwaves. The matter is strongly...
Researcher discusses discovery of exoplanets and his special method
René Heller from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research already made the scientific community take notice when he and his team discovered no fewer than 18 previously overlooked...
A mirror image of Earth and sun
Among the more than 4,000 known exoplanets, KOI-456.04 is something special: less than twice the size of Earth, it orbits a sun-like star. And it does so with a star-planet...
PTF1J2224+17 is a polar, new study confirms
German astronomers have conducted photometric observations of a cataclysmic variable (CV) star known as PTF1J2224+17. Results of the observational campaign confirm that this object is a polar, as suggested by...
Black holes? They are like a hologram
According to new research by SISSA, ICTP and INFN, black holes could be like holograms, in which all the information to produce a three-dimensional image is encoded in a two-dimensional...
Image: OSIRIS-REx swoops over sample site Osprey
This view of sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on May 26. A total of 347 PolyCam images were stitched...
A Milky Way flash implicates magnetars as a source of fast radio bursts
Astronomers think they’ve spotted the first example of a superbright blast of radio waves, called a fast radio burst, originating within the Milky Way. Dozens of these bursts have been sighted in other...
ESA moves ahead on low-cost reusable rocket engine
ESA’s Prometheus is the precursor of ultra-low-cost rocket propulsion that is flexible enough to fit a fleet of new launch vehicles for any mission and will be potentially reusable.
On a caravan, with one of the Sahara's last European explorers
Climbing into the saddle, he adjusts the scarf protecting his head from the sun and, with a tap on the camel's back, the caravan sets off.
Hubble makes surprising find in the early universe
New results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early Universe took place sooner than previously thought. A European team...
SpaceX launch boosts Starlink network to 480 satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on time Wednesday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, propelling 60 Starlink communications satellites into orbit.
Watch live: SpaceX launch would boost Starlink network to 480 satellites
The planned launch of 60 SpaceX satellites in Florida on Wednesday night will bring the number of Starlink spacecraft in orbit to 480, eclipsing by far any previous networks of...
First manned SpaceX mission launched without a hitch
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft with two astronauts to the International Space Station. Parts of the Falcon 9 landed successfully back on Earth...
SpaceX to make history with its first manned launch
Saturday's liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station will be the first time humans will be launched by a private company's rocket. Retired Air Force...
Using AI to unlock clues to the origins of the stars and planets
An artificial intelligence (AI) system analyzing data from the Gaia space telescope has identified more than 2,000 large protostars, young stars that are still forming and could hold clues to...