Google Alert - Science

	Science Daily update ⋅ February 8, 2020
	NEWS
	Space.com A single grain of Apollo moon dust opens new world of lunar science Space.com Moon dust is precious to Earthlings; after all, only about 900 lbs. (400 kilograms) of rock came back during the Apollo human lunar-landing missions in the 1960s and 1970s. So a team of scientists set out to find a way to analyze moon dust based on only a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Joint US-European Solar Orbiter 'go' for Sunday launch to study sun's poles Space.com After a decade of development — and many more years of planning before that — the ambitious Solar Orbiter mission is ready to launch and take the first close look at the poles of the sun. The spacecraft, which is a joint venture between NASA and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Voyager 2 bounces back from glitch in interstellar space Space.com Voyager 2 is taking the measure of its exotic surroundings once again. On Jan. 25, the venerable probe, which has been exploring interstellar space since November 2018, failed to execute a spin maneuver as intended. As a result, two onboard systems ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Sun science rises with new trove of Parker Solar Probe studies Space.com Solar scientists were excited that NASA would be launching a probe to fly closer to the sun than ever before, but they may not have bargained on already producing dozens of papers based on the data. NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched in August 2018 ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR A Moon Landing In 2024? NASA Says It'll Happen, Others Say: No Way NPR NASA is at a critical juncture in its push to get people back to the moon by 2024, with key decisions expected within weeks. This effort to meet an ambitious deadline set by the Trump administration last year faces widespread skepticism in the aerospace ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Boeing Starliner Flight's Flaws Show 'Fundamental Problem,' NASA Says The New York Times An uncrewed test flight of a Boeing spacecraft designed to carry NASA astronauts may have narrowly avoided catastrophic failure in December. A software error that could have resulted in loss of the spacecraft was discovered and fixed while the capsule, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN New Solar Orbiter mission will give an unprecedented look at our sun CNN (CNN) This weekend, the Solar Orbiter is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral and begin its journey to get a close, unprecedented look at our star. The mission, which is a joint collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, is currently ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Stanley Cohen, Nobelist, Dies at 97; Made Breakthrough on Cell Growth The New York Times Stanley Cohen, a Brooklyn-born biochemist who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of chemicals that promote and help regulate the growth of cells — research that greatly advanced science's understanding of cancer, dementia and ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Polar Express: New Spacecraft Will Explore Elusive Parts Of The Sun NPR Until now, all the pictures of the sun have been straight-on head shots. Soon, scientists will be getting a profile. NASA and the European Space Agency are set to launch a joint mission on Sunday to provide the first-ever look at the sun's poles. Previous ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies Phys.Org A tiny grain of lunar soil brought back by Apollo 17, magnified under a scanning electron microscope. Credit: (c) Jennika Greer, Field Museum. Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts ... Flag as irrelevant
See more results | Edit this alert

You have received this email because you have subscribed to Google Alerts. Unsubscribe | View all your alerts

Receive this alert as RSS feed

Send Feedback