Upgrading the Space Station’s Cold Atom Physics Laboratory With Mixed Reality
NASA is looking into whether mixed reality technology could help with repairs and upgrades on the cutting-edge Cold Atom Lab aboard the space station. NASA’s…
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Earth’s Magnetosphere: Protecting Our Planet from Harmful Space Radiation
Among the four rocky planets in our solar system, you could say that Earth’s “magnetic” personality is the envy of her interplanetary neighbors. When solar…
Potentially Habitable Exoplanets: How To Find Hidden Oceans on Distant Worlds With Chemistry
A new study shows how the chemicals in an exoplanet’s atmosphere can, in some cases, reveal whether or not the temperature on its surface is…
NASA’s Juno Probe Offers First 3D View of Jupiter’s Atmosphere, Inner Workings of Great Red Spot
New findings from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Again
The successful 14th flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took place shortly after 1:18 a.m. PDT on October 24, 2021, at Jezero Crater. As planned,…
Godzilla Nebula: A “Monster” Star-Forming Region Spied by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
Just like clouds on Earth, clouds of gas and dust in space can sometimes resemble familiar objects, or even popular movie creatures. Do you see…
Help Train NASA’s Rovers To Better Explore Mars – Here’s How
Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover. Artificial intelligence,…
Roving With Perseverance: See NASA Mars Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter Models on U.S. Tour
Catch Mars mania as a traveling exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the U.S. with lifelike models of NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity…
NASA Turns to the Cloud for Help With Deluge of Data From Next-Generation Earth Missions
As satellites collect larger and larger amounts of data, engineers and researchers are implementing solutions to manage these huge increases. The cutting-edge Earth science satellites…
NASA Perseverance Rover: Threading a Needle on Mars
During the solar conjunction period, the project’s science and engineering teams have had time to digest the data from Perseverance collected since the rover landed…
Mélange Melts: Icy “Glue” May Control Pace of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Breakup
As the ice-and-snow rubble known as mélange melts in Antarctica’s ice shelves, rifts can grow and icebergs break off even in the brutal cold of…
Spectacular Panoramic Martian Image: The Ridges of “South Séítah”
NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area’s mysterious past. Ask any space explorer, and they’ll have a…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover: Studying the Jezero Delta From a Distance
The Perseverance rover and science team took a well-earned rest during conjunction, but there was still exciting news to share! Last week, the first scientific…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures the Sounds of Mars – Listen In
Two microphones aboard the six-wheeled spacecraft add a new dimension to the way scientists and engineers explore the Red Planet. Thanks to two microphones aboard…
How NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Talks to Us From Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter made history on April 19, 2021, with the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. How do engineers talk…
With First Martian Samples Packed, NASA Perseverance Rover Initiates Ambitious Sample Return Mission
NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. On September 1, NASA’s Perseverance rover unfurled…
The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas: Mars Perseverance Rover’s First Solar Conjunction
As the Sun spews hot, energized gas from its outer atmosphere (corona) far across space, and Mars and Earth align on opposite sides, this causes…
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Images Confirm Jezero Crater Is an Ancient Martian Lake
The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed. The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA’s Perseverance…