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Laura Dattaro

SETI searches on

The search for signals from intelligent beings beyond Earth will continue when the SETI Institute reboots its array of 42 antennas north of San Francisco.

Laura Dattaro

August 28, 2011

Webb Telescope instrument passes test to withstand space rigors

The first of four instruments for NASA's Webb Telescope has completed cryogenic testing designed to mimic the harsh conditions of outer space.

Laura Dattaro

August 19, 2011

Earth’s moon might be younger than we thought

Earth's moon was thought to be 4.57 billion years old, but a detailed analysis of lunar rock indicates it might be as much as 200 million years younger.

Laura Dattaro

Deborah Byrd

August 18, 2011

James Webb Space Telescope in financial limbo, but science pushes on

The James Webb Space Telescope brings proven on-the-ground benefits as recently as July 2011. Plus - how you can help save this project.

Laura Dattaro

August 7, 2011

New Mars Rover Curiosity now has a landing site

Curiosity has more than twice the length and and five times the weight of previous Mars rovers. It's scheduled to launch in 2011 and arrive in August 2012.

Laura Dattaro

July 31, 2011

Laura Dattaro

Laura Dattaro came to EarthSky from the Baltimore City Paper, where she remains an associate editor, and from @ldattaro on Twitter. She is a 2009 graduate of University of Delaware with degrees in English and music and sees science as a way to unite humanity behind a greater good, besides being simply the coolest thing to read and write about. She currently lives in Baltimore.