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JPL's NuSTAR space telescope set to search for black holes
A once-canceled space telescope is set to launch into Earth orbit, where it will search for undiscovered black holes in the Milky Way and at the hearts of other galaxies. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array will hunt for black holes that have...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Amina Khan, Space Programs, Los Angeles Times, Science and Technology
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JPL scientists ID their favorite parking spot on Mars for rover
The rover being sent to Mars in search of extraterrestrial life has found its parking spot, and like many humans, its getting one as close to its destination as possible. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge said this...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Science, Space Programs, Satellite Technology, NASA
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Glendale students, teacher head to NASA's Johnson Space Center
Two local students have engineered a modest science experiment into one very big opportunity. Regina Kim, 14, and Rachel Harmon, 13, both eighth-grade students at Wilson Middle School, will travel with their science teacher Mary Inglish to the Johnson...
Tags: Education, Science, Trips and Vacations, Space Programs, NASA
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Curiosity countdown: Biggest-yet Mars rover speeds toward destiny
The Curiosity rover is within 100 days of landing on Mars, and JPL scientists are jazzed about the upcoming adventures of the biggest rover yet sent to the Red Planet. The Mini Cooper-sized vehicle, ensconced within the Mars Science Laboratory, is...
Tags: Science, Los Angeles Times, NASA, Science and Technology
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Hoops the hard way: Competition pits local teams in a robotic game of basketball
Local teens tested their mettle — and their metal — during a regional robotics competition Friday and Saturday at the Long Beach Arena. La Cañada High School, John Burroughs High School in Burbank, John Muir High School in Pasadena, and...
Tags: Basketball, High Schools, Sports, Xbox, John Muir
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Former JPL employee says he was fired, lawyer says he was laid off
Attorneys defending the Jet Propulsion Laboratory against a former worker who claims he was fired because of his belief in intelligent design lost their bid this week to block media access to the trial.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ernest Hiroshige...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Satellite Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology
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Wave at Saturn: NASA's Cassini spacecraft to take Earth's picture
Earthlings, get ready to say cheese! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be taking your picture next month -- from 898 million miles away. If you happen to have your eyes closed or your hair is out of place, don’t worry. All of planet Earth...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Science and Technology
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Lego approves fan-made Mars Rover Curiosity set for production [w/video]
Autoblog.comFiled under: Toys/Games Lego has announced that the Mars Rover Curiosity will become the Danish company's next user-designed Cuusoo set to reach store shelves. The company's Cuusoo program allows anyone to submit an idea for a Lego set that could make... -
Ida Margaret McRonald (nee Magness)
Ida Margaret McRonald (nee Magness) was born on October 2, 1930 and died of leukemia in Verdugo Hills Hospital on May 26, 2013. She was born in Crumlin, a small town in Wales. Her parents were Stephen Lester Magness and Ethel (Watkins) Magness. As a...
Tags: England, Hospitals and Clinics, Sydney (Australia), American Cancer Society, Science and Technology
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Mars rover Opportunity finds sign of 'water you could drink'
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has scraped away at some of the oldest rock it's examined and found the strongest signs for water it has ever discovered over its 9.5-year mission, scientists for the Mars Exploration Rover project said Friday. The...
Tags: Amina Khan, Science, NASA, Science and Technology, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Mars rover Curiosity to tackle 3-mile high mountain
Just 10 months into its two-year mission, the Mars rover Curiosity will be headed to a 3-mile-high mountain in the middle of the crater where it landed, NASA officials announced Wednesday. In doing so, Curiosity will leave behind Glenelg, an area on...
Tags: Science, NASA, Science and Technology, Google+, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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