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NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts

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JPL's AREE rover for Venus is just one of the concepts selected by NASA for further research funding.

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NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts

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Montage of innovative concepts selected for 2017 NIAC Phase I and Phase II funding.

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Hubble Takes Close-up Portrait of Jupiter

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Next Stop: A Trip Inside the Sun's Atmosphere

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Search For Stellar Survivor of a Supernova Explosion

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Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out Of Galactic Core

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Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System

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New Hubble mosaic of the Orion Nebula

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In the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion Nebula. During their survey of the famous star formation region, they found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle; the third, long-lost member of a star system that had broken apart.

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Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time

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New research using observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicates that Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanos on Mars, actively produced lava flows until about 50 million years ago. This wide view of the volcano is from the Viking 1 Orbiter.

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Next-gen steel under the microscope

Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international research project involving a University of Queensland scientist.

Eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The old and the new bridge, as seen at night from Yerba Buena Island to Oakland (mid-September 2013). The inset in the top left hand corner shows V Vanadium and 2H, Deuterium a hydrogen isotope (1 proton plus 1 neutron and 1 electron) as a Hydrogen substitute.