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NASA Ames Telescope Spots Potentially Life-Friendly Planets

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – Scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View have identified more than 50 potential planets which are orbiting in a habitable zone around other stars. The Kepler...

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Nobel Laureate Collapses At NASA Ames Research Center, Dies

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS / AP) — Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, who shared the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus, has died. He was 85. George Blumberg said...

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Preservationists Concerned About Future Of Mountain View’s Hangar One

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – In the middle of a Navy project to strip toxic siding off Hangar One, Congress stripped away funding NASA needed to rebuild the historic Moffett Field structure for contemporary...

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Investors At NASA Conference See Earthly Riches In Space Research

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – This year’s NewSpace conference at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field offered hints at where the space agency and the private sector are headed now that the space shuttle...

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NASA Ames Researchers Monitoring Falling Satellite

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – A dead 6-ton satellite baffled NASA experts Friday by slowing its descent toward Earth and delaying its ultimate crash until the weekend. Scientists were unable to pinpoint the...

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HealthWatch: New Treadmill Helps Users Defy Gravity

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — The workhorse of the gym, treadmills are a staple of cardiovascular exercise, helping people burn calories and get in shape. A new generation of treadmills developed in the Bay...

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NASA Ames Center Spared From President’s Budget Cuts

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – President Barack Obama is proposing a billion dollar cut to NASA’s budget, but it won’t have any affect on operations at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. In fact,...

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International Space Station To Be Visible Above Bay Area

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – Stargazers and space enthusiasts could have a chance to see the International Space Station in the skies above the Bay Area Tuesday Night. Weather permitting, the space station...

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Silicon Valley Leaders Fight For Future Of Moffett Field’s Hangar One

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – Leaders in Silicon Valley are renewing their efforts to save the historic Hangar One structure at Moffett Field in Mountain View. Members of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group,...

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‘Transit Of Venus’ Visible Above California Tuesday

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS 5) – Another must-see event for casual sky-watchers and budding astronomers alike was in the skies above California on Tuesday. The so-called “transit of Venus” — when the planet...

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Signs Of Water On Mars Excites NASA Ames Scientists

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – Data being sent back by the Curiosity rover on Mars shows there was likely water on the red planet for thousands, if not millions of years. That observation was the highlight of...

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Kepler Telescope Finds Smallest Planet Yet Outside Solar System

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS/AP) — Astronomers have found the smallest planet yet outside of our solar system. It’s about the size of our moon and it’s the first known planet smaller than any in the solar...

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Mountain View’s NASA Ames Spared From Obama Budget Cuts

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS)—NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View has been spared from President Barack Obama’s proposed budget cuts. The president’s proposal calls for $733 million for NASA Ames in...

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Brown Presses Climate Change Crusade At NASA Ames In Mountain View

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) - Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday urged scientists to dedicate themselves to convincing a distracted public and news media about the dangers of climate change and other potential...

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NASA Head Envisions Bright Future For Ames Research Center In Mountain View

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – The Ames Research Center will play an important role in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s future, despite sequestration cuts that have impacted some day to day...

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NASA Spacecraft Built In Mountain View Launched To Explore Moon

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS News) — An innovative, relatively low-cost spacecraft built in the Bay Area was launched from the Virginia coast late Friday on a mission to study the moon’s ultra-thin atmosphere...

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NASA Ames Observes ‘Day Of Remembrance’ For Astronauts’ Sacrifices

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) — Flags flew at half-staff on Friday at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View as the space agency honored the astronauts who have made the ultimate sacrifice. During the...

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Google Subsidiary To Run Moffett Field, Renovate Hangar One

MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - The U.S. government has picked a Google subsidiary to run and renovate a federal airfield that is frequently used for the personal flights of the Internet company’s billionaire...

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NASA Ames In Mountain View Plays Big Role In Latest Climate Change Study

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View is providing an unprecedented look at our home planet, to help assist in better understanding climate change....

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NASA Ames Research Center Holds Open House In Mountain View For 75th Anniversary

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS)— A water-cooled wind tunnel is just one of the facilities that will be on display Saturday at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. It’s the first time since the late ‘90s...

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Scientists Gather In Mountain View; Discuss Probing Europa, One Of Jupiter’s...

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS)— Dozens of planetary scientists are gathering in Mountain View on Wednesday to talk about sending a space probe to one of Jupiter’s moons. Scientists think it’s possible that life...

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Twin Astronauts Taking Part In Longest Ever NASA Study On Space Travel’s...

(CBS SF) — NASA is set to carry out its longest mission ever in an effort to study the effects of space travel on the human body. Twin brothers and NASA astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly are the subjects...

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Scientists Celebrate Discovery Of 10 New Planets That Could Have Life

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) — The search for extraterrestrials just got some serious pin drops on the celestial map with the discovery of 10 new planets that may have life. NASA’s Kepler space telescope has...

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‘Oscars Of Science’ Brings Together Big Names From Tech And Hollywood

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KPIX 5) — The 7th annual Breakthrough Prize Awards–also known as the “Oscars of Science”–were held Sunday evening at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View. The event honored the...

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Food Bank Assists NASA Ames Employees Furloughed During Shutdown

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – As the partial government shutdown entered its 28th day on Friday, furloughed employees at the NASA Ames Research Center are getting a helping hand from local food banks....

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Federal Workers Fear Shutdown Reprieve Will Be Short-Lived

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KPIX) — President Trump’s acceptance Friday of a stopgap deal to get furloughed government employees back to work answered the most pressing question for federal employees: “When will...

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Bay Area Federal Workers Fret Over Possible Government Shutdown Repeat

(KPIX 5) — Thousands of federal employees in the Bay Area are still coping with the lingering effects of the last government shutdown as well as the ongoing anxiety over the prospect that another one...

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Breakthrough Prize, The ‘Oscars Of Science,’ Pairs Hollywood Stars With...

MOFFETT FIELD (KPIX 5) — It was a meeting among earthlings from the worlds of science, entertainment and tech that doesn’t often happen. The 8th annual Breakthrough Prize, dubbed the “Oscars of...

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VP Pence Lands In Mountain View As Trump Impeachment Hearings Begin, Will...

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KPIX 5) — Vice President Mike Pence arrived at Moffett Field Wednesday night to an eager crowd on his two-day visit to California. Pence and his wife, Karen, made their first stop in...

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Bay Area Scientists Cheer Successful Start of Mars Perserverance Mission

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — NASA made history Thursday when its most advanced Mars rover landed successfully on the red planet to begin a mission to find signs of ancient life. “They’re not looking for...

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Chabot Space & Science Center Reopens With ‘The NASA Experience’

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Astronauts make reaching for the stars look easy. But the truth is science and space exploration are about trying, testing, making mistakes and trying again. “The NASA Experience,” a...

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