A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids.
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2021
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NASA's newest Mars rover may have successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2021
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NASA's newest Mars rover came up empty Friday in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 7, 2021
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A NASA team has found that organic salts are likely present on Mars. Like shards of ancient pottery, these salts are the chemical remnants of organic compounds, such as those previously detected by NASA's Curiosity rover. ...
Space Exploration
May 21, 2021
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NASA's experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet.
Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2021
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New results from the Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument on NASA's Juno mission reveal for the first time the birth of auroral dawn storms—the early morning brightening unique to Jupiter's spectacular aurorae. These immense, ...
Astronomy
Mar 16, 2021
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Data from the NASA spacecraft's journey to Jupiter suggests that Mars may be shedding dust into interplanetary space.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 9, 2021
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So you want to build a Mars base. Where to start? Like any human settlement, it would be best located near accessible water. Not only will water be crucial for life-support supplies, it will be used for everything from agriculture ...
Astronomy
Feb 8, 2021
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For many years, for all we knew, our solar system was alone in the universe. Then better telescopes began to reveal a treasure trove of planets circling distant stars.
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2019
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NASA scientists are helping California create a detailed, statewide inventory of methane point sources—highly concentrated methane releases from single sources—using a specialized airborne sensor. The new data, published ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2019
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