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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...
Tags: NASA, Science, Amina Khan
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Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack
Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...
Tags: NASA, Cross Country Skiing, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Three Caltech professors named to National Academy of Sciences
Three Caltech professors, including one famous for “killing” Pluto, were named Tuesday to the National Academy of Sciences. They included Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, geochemistry professor Ken Farley and chemical engineering professor...Tags: Google+, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Education, Science
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Deadline approaching for Adelante Mujer Latina conference in Pasadena
Wednesday is the deadline to register for the Pasadena Youth Center’s 19th annual Adelante Mujer Latina conference, a day of education- and career-focused workshops for 12- to 21-year-old girls set for May 11 at Pasadena City College. The event...Tags: mun2 (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System
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Pasadena school board decides to cut again
Pasadena school board members voted Tuesday to slash 48 jobs — this on top of 94 teacher, librarian and counselor pink slips in March — in their ongoing struggle to close a projected $8.8-million budget gap. Positions to be eliminated in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Layoffs and Downsizing, Teachers, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace
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Area students compete in California State Science Fair
Local middle and high school students competed for statewide science accolades on Monday and Tuesday at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The California State Science Fair, now in its 62nd year, featured projects from about 1,000 budding...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Science, Biology, California Science Center
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Curiosity takes summer break
For the first time since it landed on Mars last year, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory can’t send commands to the rover Curiosity. The one-ton rover and its fellow Martian probes are on a “summer break” until May 1....
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Music, Science
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JPL scientist: Jupiter's moon Europa may hold ingredients for life
Hydrogen peroxide is used to clean counter tops here on Earth, but Jupiter’s moon Europa may use it for a more important endeavor — to supply energy to simple life forms. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech...
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Curiosity uncovers clues suggesting Mars was once habitable
NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that Mars could have once held life, scientists said Tuesday. The one-ton rover drilled into a rock last month and collected a sample that contained essential ingredients for life on Earth, including hydrogen,...
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Wind shakes up NASA rover Curiosity's landing parachute
The supersonic parachute that helped the NASA rover Curiosity land safely on Mars eight months ago has become part of an accidental science experiment. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped photos of the 100-pound parachute between August and...
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Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days. Caltech hosted a competition on its Pasadena campus this week that divided 32 students from 21 different...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Teaching and Learning, Aerospace Manufacturing, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system — almost
It was welcome news to Earthlings: The Voyager 1 spacecraft had seemingly crossed a momentous threshold and become the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. "Voyager 1 has left the solar system," the American Geophysical Union declared...
Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Monte Morin, Science, Amina Khan
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