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‘He was an adventurer’: Anthony ‘Tony’ Spear, chance-taking former JPL manager, dies at 87
Pasadena Star-News· 13 hours agoAnthony “Tony” Spear, a legendary project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose team on NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997 found a new way to land safely on the Red ...
Astronomer Lunine appointed chief scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell News Service· 1 day agoPlanetary scientist Jonathan I. Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and...
The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration
Space via Yahoo News· 16 hours ago(Image credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/UArizona) Sometimes, if the crust is thin enough, the ceiling of...
Don’t Miss: Planets Dominate the Morning Sky
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoPlanets rule the a.m., and what’s that bright light? All month – All the planetary action continues to be in the morning sky, with Saturn and Mars rising...
This morning's "parade of planets" proved "underwhelming." NASA gave a date for an even better and...
CBS News· 4 days agoYou may have heard about a "parade of planets" that was set to grace the early morning skies on...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut that’s it. How would you look for life with that? Because elements emit light at particular...
Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
NASA· 20 hours agoIn his new role, his leadership will be critical in fostering an environment of scientific innovation and excellence, ensuring that JPL remains at the forefront of discovery ...
Missed the 'Parade of Planets'? These Upcoming Alignments Will Likely Be Better, Anyway
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoSix planets—Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune and Saturn, in that order—created a diagonal line across the dawn-lit sky from our terrestrial vantage point this morning ...
NASA Celebrates Successful PREFIRE Climate Mission Launch
ExtremeTech· 2 hours agoPREFIRE—short for Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment—will use the North and South Poles as windows into Earth's "energy budget," or how our planet manages ...
What is the 3-body problem, and is it really unsolvable?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day....