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Map of Life shows distribution of any species throughout the world Ever wondered if a certain species of animal can be found where you live? The Map of Life website aims to answer this question. A Yale University-led project built on a Google Maps platform, it lists virtually all of the vertebrate animals that can be found at any one point in the world... Continue Reading Map of Life shows distribution of any species throughout the world Section:Science and Education Tags:Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, NASA, Species, Yale Related Articles: Invasive Alien Species threatening global biodiversity Tracking down endangered species Stem cell elimination offers ovarian cancer breakthrough Manipulating plants' internal clock offers possibility of all-season crops How many friends you have can be predicted by the size of your ... New facial recognition software designed for study of wild apes NASA?s NEOWISE survey provides best estimate yet of potentially hazardous asteroids Potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are a subset of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that have the potential to come within five million miles (eight million kilometers) of Earth, and are of a size large enough to make it through Earth?s atmosphere to cause significant damage on a regional, or greater, scale. NASA?s asteroid-hunting NEOWISE mission has now provided the best estimate yet of the number of PHAs in our solar system, along with their origins and the potential dangers they might pose... Continue Reading NASA?s NEOWISE survey provides best estimate yet of potentially hazardous asteroids Section:Science and Education Tags:Asteroid, NASA, Solar System, Space Related Articles: First Earth-size planets discovered beyond our solar system NASA studying solar-electric propulsion for ?space tugboat? Kepler spacecraft discovers tiniest solar system yet found NASA satellite set to crash back to Earth Update: NASA Satellite is falling faster than expected and will crash this week Turn of fortune for NASA as solar sail successfully deploys NASA?s Dawn spacecraft unlocks secrets of giant asteroid After becoming the first probe to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in July 2011, NASA?s Dawn spacecraft has spent the last 10 months orbiting said object - the giant asteroid Vesta. During that period it has captured more than 20,000 images of Vesta and a multitude of data from different wavelengths of radiation. What it reveals is an asteroid that in many ways shares more in common with a small planet or Earth?s moon than it does with another asteroid. .. Continue Reading NASA?s Dawn spacecraft unlocks secrets of giant asteroid Section:Science and Education Tags:Asteroid, NASA, Orbit, Solar System, Space, Spacecraft, UCLA Related Articles: NASA?s Dawn spacecraft becomes first probe to enter orbit around object in asteroid belt Laser-wielding satellite swarm to deflect asteroids Northrop Grumman delivers compact high-energy laser to USAF NASA?s NEOWISE survey provides best estimate yet of potentially hazardous asteroids 1,400 megapixel telescope powered-up to spot earthbound asteroids NASA's GRAIL mission will map the Moon's gravity Spitzer space telescope detects light from alien ?super-Earth? NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected infrared light emanating from 55 Cancri e, a dark, blazing-hot planet only twice the size of Earth and eight times as heavy. This marks the first time that light has been detected from a planet of such a small size, and the find is telling astrophysicists where to look in their search for signs of life on planets beyond our own... Continue Reading Spitzer space telescope detects light from alien ?super-Earth? Section:Science and Education Tags:Exoplanet, Infrared, NASA, Space, Super-Earth Related Articles: Hubble breakthrough boosts search for life outside our solar system Spitzer Space Telescope locates youngest solar systems New hunting technique to aid in search for Earth-like planets Historic pics show worlds beyond our solar system Kepler space observatory continues search for Earth-like planets First Earth-size planets discovered beyond our solar system Blue Origin conducts wind tunnel tests on its next-gen spacecraft design When it comes to spacecraft that may take the place of the now-defunct space shuttle, it would probably be fair to say that most people probably think of the SpaceX Dragon. It?s sometimes easy to forget, however, that SpaceX is a private company, competing against others for NASA?s business. One of those competitors is Washington state-based Blue Origin, established by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos (SpaceX was co-founded by Elon Musk, of PayPal fame). Although the company has been rather secretive about the space vehicle that it?s developing, it recently announced that the design has done well in a series of wind tunnel tests... Continue Reading Blue Origin conducts wind tunnel tests on its next-gen spacecraft design Section:Science and Education Tags:Aerodynamics, Blue Origin, Spacecraft Related Articles: SpaceX planning DragonLab craft SpaceX Dragon to be first private spacecraft to dock at ISS NASA awards US$269 million to stimulate privately operated spacecraft development SpaceX gets astronauts to try out its Dragon crew cabin SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace team up to push private space missions SpaceX tries out its new SuperDraco rocket engine Robotic arm could help reveal brain?s inner secrets A group of researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech has built a robotic arm that can automate whole-cell patch clamping, a complicated technique that normally requires great manual dexterity and takes researchers months to master. Once streamlined, this technology will monitor and record the electrical signals generated by the neurons in a living brain, to help uncover the secret inner workings of the human mind - or at least, in the not-so-distant future, of a lab rat's... Continue Reading Robotic arm could help reveal brain?s inner secrets Section:Science and Education Tags:Brain, Georgia Tech, MIT, Neuroscience, Robotics Related Articles: Analogue computer chip mimics brain's neural function Robot controlled by biological brain Study demonstrates mind control of computer screen images New technology shown to minimize brain injuries New technique brings computer model of the brain a step closer My cousin slimey - the (very common) origins of the human brain Hubble to use Moon as giant mirror to observe Venus transit From Earth's perspective, on June 5 and 6, Venus will pass across the face of the Sun. By observing the tiny fraction of sunlight that passes through Venus's atmosphere using the Hubble Space Telescope, it is hoped that the planet's atmospheric makeup can be determined. Though we already know the nature of Venus's atmosphere, it is hoped the event will help astronomers hone techniques, already in use, that may one day help to identify Earth-like planets in far-away solar systems. The catch? Hubble cannot observe the Sun directly. Instead it will look at the Moon to observe reflected light... Continue Reading Hubble to use Moon as giant mirror to observe Venus transit Section:Science and Education Tags:Astronomy, ESA, Hubble, Mirror, Moon, NASA, Venus Related Articles: New anti-twinkle tech allows Hubble-quality images from Earth Hubble detects galaxy from the infancy of the universe Hubble sees further than ever before Hubble finds a new contender for galaxy distance record Historic pics show worlds beyond our solar system Planet Venus slowing down ESA juices up for mission to Jupiter?s icy moons The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that Jupiter?s icy moons will be the focus of its next Large science mission. Getting the nod over the New Gravitational Wave Observatory (NGO), that would have hunted for gravitational waves, and ATHENA, the Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics, the Jupiter Icy moons Explorer (JUICE) is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter in 2030 with the goal of studying its Galilean moons as potential habitats for life... Continue Reading ESA juices up for mission to Jupiter?s icy moons Section:Science and Education Tags:ESA, Solar System, Space, Spacecraft Related Articles: Juno sets off on 1,740 million mile journey to unlock Jupiter?s secrets Voyager 1 spacecraft approaches edge of Solar System NASA?s Dawn spacecraft unlocks secrets of giant asteroid NASA's Cassini discovers potential liquid water on Enceladus Kepler spacecraft discovers tiniest solar system yet found Data clipper could set sail for space

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