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NASA’s InSight Mars lander uses a seismometer to study the inner layers of Mars. Seismic signals from quakes change as they pass through different kinds…
Artist’s concept of NuSTAR on orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This small but powerful space telescope has spent a decade of observing some of the hottest, densest,…
Illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The MarsMars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from…
Mars Perseverance Sol 449 – Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera: The same rock still in the rover’s front left wheel on sol 449, image acquired…
Skywatchers in June will want to see the planets Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, the Hercules Cluster, and the constellation Lyra. What’s Up for June?…
If a large asteroid struck the Earth, it could have devastating consequences. Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
This image is an illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Although NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made a record-breaking 25th flight on April 8, 2022. The navigation camera aboard the rotorcraft captured its longest and fastest flight…
Mars Perseverance Sol 439 – Right Navigation Camera: Navcam image looking behind the rover along our drive path. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The past few weeks have…
NASA’s InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered…
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Bound for an asteroid of the same name, the orbiter spacecraft is undergoing final…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of a mound of rock on Mount Sharp called “East Cliffs” that features a fracture that resembles a doorway.…
Inside NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, scientists form bubbles from ultracold gas, shown in pink in this illustration. Lasers, also depicted, are used to cool the…
An afternoon on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Right Navigation Camera (Navcam) to acquire this image after driving on sol 428. The view…
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, shown in this artist’s concept traveling through space against a field of stars, has been exploring our solar system since 1977,…
Illustration of NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Credit: NASA Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring…
Martian surface frost, made up largely of carbon dioxide, appears bluish-white in these images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard NASA’s 2001…
EMIT is being developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is scheduled to launch in 2022. The instrument will observe Earth from outside the International…
This artist’s illustration imagines a violent collision early in Psyche’s history. Credit: ASU/Peter Rubin Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022…