A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.
Planetary Sciences
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In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama.
Space Exploration
Oct 9, 2024
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Astronomers have observed Jupiter's legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises—especially when NASA's Hubble Space Telescope takes ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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A hexagon-shaped atmospheric phenomenon first spotted on Saturn by Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 has intrigued scientists since the 1980s. More recently, NASA's Cassini mission has periodically observed the hexagon and its embedded ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, Europa.
Astrobiology
Oct 7, 2024
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Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as far from its place of origin to its current near-Earth orbit as previously assumed. New research published in the journal Science Advances suggests that Ryugu was formed near Jupiter.
Planetary Sciences
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