(PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating ...
Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2008
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This mosaic of four side-by-side microscope images shows a 3 millimeter (0.12 inch) diameter silicone target after it has been exposed to dust kicked up by the landing. It is the highest resolution image of dust and sand ...
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2008
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NASA's history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication ...
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2024
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Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA's Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago. The ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevation changes seem small—fractions ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 27, 2023
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Martian maps are full of monikers recognizing places on Earth, explorers, and even cartoon characters.
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2023
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Researchers found that emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas dropped for several years near the nation's second-largest metropolitan area.
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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New images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover may show signs of what was once a rollicking river on Mars, one that was deeper and faster-moving than scientists have ever seen evidence for in the past. The river was part of ...
Astrobiology
May 11, 2023
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Re-analysis of data from NASA's Voyager spacecraft, along with new computer modeling, has led NASA scientists to conclude that four of Uranus' largest moons likely contain an ocean layer between their cores and icy crusts. ...
Astronomy
May 4, 2023
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In a recent study, scientists found that a previously unmeasured source—water percolating through soil and fractured rock below California's Sierra Nevada mountains—delivers an average of 4 million acre feet (5 cubic ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2023
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