Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Thursday 1 October 2015

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The Martian: Science vs. Fiction - Discovery News

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 06:44 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ion-151001.htm


Discovery News
The Martian: Science vs. Fiction
Discovery News
The filmmakers worked with NASA during production and made scientific
accuracy a priority. We talk to Doug Ming, chief scientist for NASAs
Astromaterials Research and Science division about specific plot points in
the film. PHOTOS: Real NASA Space ...
The Martian Turns Space Into A Scientific PlaygroundThe Inquisitr
Matt Damon in Space: Actor Hits Sci-Fi Trifecta with The MartianSpace.com
NASAs SLS Rocket Key To Mars And Deep Space MissionsScience World Report
Huffington Post -Yahoo News
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Science Complex Plans Combine Programs and Public Space - Harvard Crimson

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 11:05 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...eiled-allston/


Science Complex Plans Combine Programs and Public Space
Harvard Crimson
Behnisch Architekten also penned the design for Harvards original science
complex, which was planned in 2007. After construction took off in 2008, it
stalled in the wake of the financial crisis, and Harvard officials said in
2012 that it would revive ...



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Scientists Find Evidence of Mel****er Flows beneath Ancient Glacier on Mars
- Sci-News.com

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 07:14 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ars-03294.html


Sci-News.com
Scientists Find Evidence of Mel****er Flows beneath Ancient Glacier on Mars
Sci-News.com
.... who is a co-author of a paper published online in the journal Earth and
Planetary Science Letters. Despite a number of similarities between the
climate of Mars and that on Earth, the presence of liquid water has
remained one of the key differences ...

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NASA Planetary Missions: Investigations For Five Future Plans Selected -
Science World Report

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 07:47 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...s-selected.htm


Science World Report
NASA Planetary Missions: Investigations For Five Future Plans Selected
Science World Report
"The selected investigations have the potential to reveal much about the
formation of our solar system and its dynamic processes," John Grunsfeld,
an astronaut and associate administrator for NASAs Science Mission
Directorate in Washington, said.
NASA announces five Discovery proposals selected for further studyThe
Planetary Society (blog)
NASA Drops Partnership with Private Asteroid HuntScientific American
Venus and a bizarre metal asteroid are leading destinations for low-cost
NASA ...Science /AAAS
WAFF -Washington Post -Phys.Org
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Engineering Is Exploring Space with Shape-Shifting Robots - KQED QUEST

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 12:24 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ifting-robots/


KQED QUEST
Engineering Is Exploring Space with Shape-Shifting Robots
KQED QUEST
Alice Agogino is a mechanical engineering professor at the University of
California at Berkeley, and she and her lab are among a group of engineers
that are designing what might be the next generation of space exploring
robots. ... “How science really ...



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Physicists observe weird quantum fluctuations of empty space-maybe -
Science /AAAS

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 11:03 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ty-space-maybe


Science /AAAS
Physicists observe weird quantum fluctuations of empty space—maybe
Science /AAAS
The setup in which a long "pump" light pulse (red) changes the polarization
of a short "probe" light pulse (green) also serves to measure the effect of
vacuum fluctuations—just by turning off the pump beam.