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Welcome to gURLs in space. We started this blog as a way to highlight the important work of women in fields related to the space sciences. Women are still dramatically underrepresented in many scientific fields relevant to the exploration of space, and we’re hoping to help change that.
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Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere
Two NASA and one European spacecraft have gathered new information about the basic properties of a comet that flew by Mars on Oct. 19, directly
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Rosetta: The dark side of the comet
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Episode 19 – Defense or Attack?
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Tale of the Distribution
We all have at least some musical talent. But very few of us can play the piano like Vladimir Horowitz.
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Who’s Controlling Whom?
A single ant isn’t very brainy. But a group of ants can do remarkable things. Biological swarm behavior is one model
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- Life Can Survive on Much Less Water Than You Might Think
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How did life on Earth begin?
Sep 17, 2014
This week’s Science Nation video features research at the Center for Chemical Evolution (CCE), headquartered at Georgia Tech. Nicholas Hud and a team from the CCE are working to understand the origins of life on Earth by studying how chain-like chemicals called polymers first came together to form RNA and DNA. The CCE is co-funded by the NASA Astrobiology program and the National Science Foundation (NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) program.
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One Year to Pluto
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Blue Light Special: an Astrobiological Point of View on the 2014 Physics Nobel Prize
Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve kind of got a thing for light and
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Great Debates
At a recent NASA conference, a panel of exoplanet scientists held a lively
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Interview
Dr. Phoebe A. Cohen is a Professor of Geosciences at Williams College and
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