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Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
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This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...
NASA Receives Laser Communications From 140+ Million Miles Away
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A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on ...
Total Solar Eclipse, Mars and Saturn Rising, Slim Lunar Crescent, Comet 12P
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In April 2024, skywatchers can enjoy a total solar eclipse visible across the U.S., with Mars and Saturn rising together early in ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Unearths Mars’ Ancient Water Secrets
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Curiosity’s exploration of the Gediz Vallis channel on Mars offers new insights into the planet’s past, revealing a potential history of water ...
NASA Unveils Design for Humanity’s Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
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This side of a commemorative plate mounted on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft features U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s handwritten “In Praise of ...
Surprising Oxygen Insights From Europa’s Close Flyby
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This view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby ...
NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Asteroid As It Approaches Earth
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The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, this series of images was captured by ...
NASA Telescopes Are Unlocking the Secrets Behind Mysterious Deep Space Signals
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Recent observations by NASA’s X-ray telescopes have provided unprecedented insights into fast radio bursts (FRBs), powerful and brief cosmic events that have ...
Perseverance Rover’s SHERLOC Dust Dilemma
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NASA’s Perseverance puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in a set of images captured in ...