Wednesday December 16, 2020
Scientists are finding new mysteries since the geophysics mission landed two years ago.
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Tuesday December 15, 2020
NASA's technology is at the forefront of space exploration, but it can also be applied here on Earth - from improving cellular networks to saving lives in the pandemic.
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Monday December 14, 2020
Bill Allen has thrived as the mechanical systems design lead for three Mars rover missions, but he got his start as a teenager sorting letters for the NASA center.
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Friday December 11, 2020
The spacecraft has been collecting data on the gas giant's interior since July 2016. Some of its latest findings touch on "hot spots" in the planet's atmosphere.
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Thursday December 10, 2020
Launched on a Falcon 9 rocket Nov. 21, the U.S.-European satellite will measure the world's ocean with unprecedented accuracy.
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Tuesday December 08, 2020
The symbols, mottos, and small objects added to the agency's newest Mars rover serve a variety of purposes, from functional to decorative.
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Wednesday December 02, 2020
The object, discovered in September by astronomers searching for near-Earth asteroids, garnered interest in the planetary science community due to its size and unusual orbit.
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Wednesday December 02, 2020
Producing maps to locate ice or water trapped in rock at the Moon's surface, Lunar Trailblazer will help support NASA's efforts to establish a sustainable presence on the Moon.
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Wednesday November 25, 2020
With NASA's Eyes on the Earth web-based app, you can tag along with the U.S.-European satellite as it orbits the globe, gathering critical measurements of our changing planet.
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Tuesday November 24, 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen that, if produced on a larger scale, could be used not just for breathing, but also for fuel.
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Saturday November 21, 2020
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the world's latest sea level satellite, is in orbit and ready to begin taking critical ocean measurements for the next five-and-a-half years.
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Thursday November 19, 2020
The newest satellite to monitor global sea level is ready for its journey into space. Here's what to expect.
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Wednesday November 18, 2020
The first to be rigged with microphones, the agency's latest Mars rover picked up the subtle sounds of its own inner workings during interplanetary flight.
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Wednesday November 18, 2020
The Blue Ring Nebula, which perplexed scientists for over a decade, appears to be the youngest known example of two stars merged into one.
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Tuesday November 17, 2020
A giant version of NASA's classic red, white, and blue logo now proudly adorns a building that has played a central role in space-exploration history.
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Friday November 13, 2020
The U.S.-European collaboration aims to measure sea level and will launch from the California coast in late November.
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Friday November 13, 2020
Scientists have theorized on the origin of the water plumes possibly erupting from Jupiter's moon Europa. Recent research adds a new potential source to the mix.
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Friday November 13, 2020
Sensors on NASA's Perseverance will help prepare for future human exploration by taking weather measurements and studying dust particles.
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Thursday November 12, 2020
In 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 2 to the Moon. Now its rocket booster has apparently returned to near-Earth space.
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Thursday November 12, 2020
The Mars rover has drilled three samples of rock in this clay-enriched region since first arriving in July.
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Tuesday November 10, 2020
A report, released Tuesday, concludes that the agency is well positioned for its ambitious plan to bring samples back from the Red Planet for further study on Earth.
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Tuesday November 10, 2020
Mark your calendars: The agency's latest rover has only about 8,640,000 seconds to go before it touches down on the Red Planet, becoming history's next Mars car.
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Monday November 09, 2020
New lab experiments re-create the environment of Europa and find that the icy moon shines, even on its nightside. The effect is more than just a cool visual.
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Thursday November 05, 2020
The newest addition to a long line of ocean-monitoring satellites is ready to head into space.
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Thursday November 05, 2020
A warming climate is taking its toll on Greenland and Antarctica glaciers, melting them from above and below the surface. The more they melt, the higher sea levels rise.
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Wednesday November 04, 2020
This is the first time one of these mysterious, repeating radio burst has been identified in our own galaxy, and the first identification of an object that caused one.
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Monday November 02, 2020
The only radio antenna that can command the 43-year-old spacecraft has been offline since March as it gets new hardware, but work is on track to wrap up in February.
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Thursday October 29, 2020
Season three covers not just how our planet's volcanoes, earthquakes, oceans, rivers, atmosphere, and climate work, but how they are all interconnected.
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Thursday October 29, 2020
New research on nine craters of Saturn's largest moon provides more details about how weathering affects the evolution of the surface - and what lies beneath.
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Friday November 13, 2020
A new study tracing the sources of carbon dioxide, the most significant human-generated greenhouse gas, reveals the unexpectedly large influence of vegetation in urban environments.
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Tuesday October 27, 2020
Details about the physical transformation of over 200 of the island's coastal glaciers are documented in a new study, in which the authors anticipate environmental impacts.
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Tuesday October 27, 2020
Sometimes half measures can be a good thing - especially on a journey this long. The agency's latest rover only has about 146 million miles left to reach its destination.
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Tuesday October 27, 2020
An instrument on the spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events - bright flashes of light in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
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Monday October 26, 2020
The eye-catching posters depict some of the universe's most mysterious astronomical phenomena with artistic flair.
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Thursday October 22, 2020
Instruments tailored to collect data during the descent of NASA's next rover through the Red Planet's atmosphere have been checked in flight.
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Monday October 19, 2020
For hobbyists and makers, 3D printing expands creative possibilities; for specialized engineers, it's also key to next-generation spacecraft design.
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Friday October 16, 2020
Now that the heat probe is just below the Martian surface, InSight's arm will scoop some additional soil on top to help it keep digging so it can take Mars' temperature.
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Friday October 16, 2020
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will soon be heading into orbit to monitor the height of the ocean for nearly the entire globe.
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Thursday October 15, 2020
New study results show that ocean heat waves can provide enough fuel for hurricanes to gain momentum as they approach land.
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Tuesday October 13, 2020
Made of a pair of two-wheeled vehicles, NASA's DuAxel is designed to descend crater sides and near-vertical cliffs on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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Friday October 09, 2020
The U.S.-European partnership will track sea level height. Learn more about the mission in this live event.
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Thursday October 08, 2020
The agency's newest rover will use the first ground-penetrating radar instrument on the Martian surface to help search for signs of past microbial life.
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Wednesday October 07, 2020
Launching soon from the California coast, the satellite will track sea levels worldwide. A new video series introduces some of the NASA JPL scientists and engineers involved in the mission.
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Friday October 02, 2020
Set for launch in November, the Earth-observing satellite will closely monitor sea level and provide atmospheric data to support weather forecasting and climate models.
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Thursday October 01, 2020
Matter swirling around supermassive black holes creates bursts of light that "echo" in nearby dust clouds. These traveling signals could serve as a new cosmic yardstick.
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Thursday October 01, 2020
It's the first time machine learning has been used to find previously unknown craters on the Red Planet.
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Friday September 25, 2020
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will launch from the U.S. West Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in November.
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Monday September 28, 2020
Perseverance is one of a few Mars spacecraft carrying laser retroreflectors. The devices could provide new science and safer Mars landings in the future.
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Wednesday September 23, 2020
Researchers will design a mission to learn about underground aquifers in areas such as the Sahara and how climate change will affect them in the future.
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Tuesday September 22, 2020
Roughly 15 to 30 feet wide, the object will make its closest approach on Sept. 24.
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