New Radiation Maps Reveal Where Astronomers Should Look for Biosignatures on Europa
New comprehensive mapping of the radiation pummeling Jupiter’s icy moon Europa reveals where scientists should look — and how deep they’ll have to go —…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Prepares to Travel to the Sun
This summer, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will launch to travel closer to the Sun, deeper into the solar atmosphere, than any mission before it. If…
Send Your Name To The Sun By Way of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Want to get the hottest ticket this summer without standing in line? NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online to…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Halfway to KBO 2014 MU69
The New Horizons Spacecraft, traveling at 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) per hour, has reached the halfway point between Pluto and its new Kuiper Belt object…
10 Years of Revolutionary Solar Views from NASA’s STEREO Mission
Ten years ago the twin STEREO spacecraft joined a fleet of NASA spacecraft monitoring the sun and its influence on Earth and space – and…
Chandra Detects X-Rays from Pluto
Using Chandra, a team of astronomers has detected X-rays from Pluto for the first time. This X-ray emission comes from the interaction between Pluto’s atmosphere…
NASA Reveals New Pluto Images from New Horizons Spacecraft
Newly downlinked images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features on Pluto. New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New…
MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals New Details about Mercury
Using data from the MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists reveal new insights about Mercury. The first measurements of Mercury’s movements from a spacecraft orbiting the planet reveal…
New Horizons Completes Pluto Flyby, Moving Deeper Into the Kuiper Belt
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has completed its flyby of Pluto, collecting so much data it will take 16 months to send it all back to…
New Pluto Images from New Horizons
As NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft speeds closer to the Pluto system new images of Pluto are emerging, giving a better view of Pluto’s surface features….
New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter with Pluto System
After nearly nine years and three billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has come out of hibernation for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto…
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Gets a Distant Look at Neptune and Triton
This newly released image of Neptune and its large moon Triton was captured by NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft as it continues on its voyager towards…
Io’s Volcanoes Are Not Located Where Scientists Expected
Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency believe volcanic activity on Io is located 30 to 60 degrees East from where they expected it…
Mars Orbiter Shows McLaughlin Crater May Have Once Held a Groundwater-Fed Lake
New data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that the McLaughlin Crater once held a lake fed by groundwater. A NASA spacecraft is providing new…
Voyager 1 Enters “Magnetic Highway,” The Final Area before Interstellar Space
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft entered a magnetic highway for charged particles, the final region before it reaches interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered…
Astronomers Discover a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a fifth moon, designated P5, orbiting Pluto that is irregular in shape and 6 to 15 miles across….