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Written by Deborah Padgett, OPGS Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Earth planning date: Friday, June 20, 2025. During the plan covering Sols 4575-4576, Curiosity continued our ...
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image, looking southwest toward the distant large boxwork structures in the Uyuni ...
NASA’s Earth science missions have continued to demonstrate remarkable adaptability and innovation, balancing the legacy of ...
Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s CODEX (Coronal Diagnostic Experiment) investigation have successfully evaluated the instrument’s first images, revealing the speed and temperature of material ...
Introduction. On September 15, 2018, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and began its journey to provide spatially dense and ...
Robbie Manion [LaRC] presented version 6.0 (V6) of the SAGE III/ISS data products, which were released in April 2025.Owing to a change in source ozone (O 3) cross sections, this version will resolve ...
1. The Makeup of a Newborn Earth. The Moon is not made of cheese; it’s made of remnants of a baby Earth! Scientists believe that a Mars-sized object crashed into Earth 4.5 billion years ago.
Titan’s Chemistry. Titan is an object of high astrobiological interest due to its complex organic (carbon-containing) chemistry. Organic molecules form the basis of all life on Earth, and studying ...
Rocks, Dust, Ice Rushing Around. The star, cataloged HD 181327, is significantly younger than our Sun. It’s estimated to be 23 million years old, compared to the Sun’s more mature 4.6 billion years.
In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made history, revealing a breathtaking view of a region now nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs. This glittering landscape, captured in incredible detail, is ...
Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming ...
The Discovery. A possible “super-Earth” orbits a relatively close, Sun-like star, and could be a habitable world – but one of extreme temperature swings, from scorching heat to deep freeze.