Pr0201b and Pr0211b Orbiting Sun-Like Stars in the Beehive Cluster
For the first time, a team of astronomers have spotted two new “Hot Jupiter” planets, called Pr0201b and Pr0211b, orbiting sun-like stars in the Beehive…
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NASA Data Suggests “Dry Ice” Snowfall on Mars
Using data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have detected carbon-dioxide snow clouds on Mars and evidence of carbon-dioxide snow falling to the surface. Pasadena,…
“Habitable Zone” Might Help Extreme Life Forms Survive on Exoplanets
A newly published study examines the “habitable zone” that scientists believe might play a role in the survival of extreme life forms, like lichens and…
NASA’s Curiosity Prepares for Use of its Arm and Tools
NASA engineers are planning to run Curiosity’s arm through six to 10 consecutive days of activities to test the 7-foot arm and the tools it…
Dawn Leaves Vesta, NASA Releases Highlight Video of its Accomplishments
As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has moves away from the giant asteroid Vesta and is now headed towards the dwarf planet Ceres, you can look back…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Completes First Deep-Space Maneuver
NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully performed its first deep-space maneuver, firing its main engine and changing its trajectory as it continues on its mission towards Jupiter….
NASA’s WISE Discovers Millions of Black Holes
Documented in three new studies, data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission was used to discover millions of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme…
Curiosity Sends Back Radioed Words and New Telephoto View of Mars
Using the 100-millimeter telephoto lens and the 34-millimeter wide angle lens of the Mast Camera instrument, Curiosity beamed back a new image of the base…
Voyager Spacecraft Poised to Make New Discoveries
This video drops in on mission control for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft as Voyager 1 sends back data from the far reaches of our solar system….
NASA’s Curiosity Readies for First Drive on Mars
Over the last few weeks NASA’s Curiosity rover has been recording weather measurements and soil samples with its Chemistry and Camera instrument laser; now Curiosity…
New NASA InSight Mission Set to Explore the Depths of Mars
Set to launch in 2016, NASA’s new Discovery-class mission, called InSight, will probe Mars at new depths by looking into the deep interior of Mars…
Curiosity’s ChemCam Laser Analyzes its First Martian Rock
NASA’s Curiosity rover fired its Chemistry and Camera instrument laser for the first time, hitting a fist-sized rock with 30 pulses of its laser during…
Color HiRISE Image of Curiosity Rover on Mars
The HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this color-enhanced image of the Curiosity rover on Mars as it begins to explore the Gale…
First 360-Degree Color Panorama from Curiosity
Composed from several images taken by the 34-millimeter Mast Camera on Curiosity, this new image is the first 360-degree color panorama of the Gale Crater…
First Full-Resolution Images from Curiosity’s Navigation Cameras
NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to take images of Mars surface and Gale Crater. These latest images include the first full-resolution images of the Martian surface…
HiRISE Captures Image of Curiosity and its Landing Components on Mars
Using the HiRISE camera, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a new image of Curiosity and the components that helped it survive its seven-minutes of terror…
Curiosity’s First Color Image of Mars
Taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the afternoon of the first day after landing, the above image is Curiosity’s first color image…
Image of NASA’s Curiosity and its Parachute Heading Towards the Surface of Mars
As NASA’s Curiosity rover descended on Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of Curiosity and its parachute with the High Resolution Imaging Science…
