NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Saturn’s Shadow
This NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s shadow as seen by the Cassini Spacecraft. The projection of Saturn’s shadow on the rings grows shorter…
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views a Well-Preserved Landslide
This Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows a well-preserved landslide scarp and rocky deposit off the edge of a streamlined mesa in Simud Valles, a giant…
Hubble & Spitzer Reveal Primitive Atmosphere Around Planet HAT-P-26b
Using observations from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, a team of astronomers reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost…
Astronomers Show Planetary Harmonies Save The TRAPPIST-1 System From Destruction
In a newly published study, astronomers describe the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system as being in something called a “resonant chain,” which strongly stabilizes the…
NASA’s Cassini Views Cloud Bands Drifting Across Titan
This newly released image from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft shows feathery methane clouds drifting across Saturn’s moon Titan. The Cassini Spacecraft captured the image on May…
New HiRISE Image – Colorful Impact Ejecta from Hargraves Crater
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter views the colorful impact ejecta from the collision that created Hargraves Crater. The impact ejecta is a rich mix of rock…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Hexagonal Polar Jet Stream
This NASA image of the day comes from the Cassini Spacecraft and shows Saturn’s hexagonal polar jet stream. Saturn’s hexagonal polar jet stream is the…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Seasonal Flows in Valles Marineris
NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment captured this new image of seasonal flows on the surface of Mars. Recurring slope lineae are seasonal flows on…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Views Jupiter’s South Pole
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft provides astronomers with a view of Jupiter’s cloud tops as it passed by the planet at a distance of rough 52,200 kilometers….
Curiosity Rover Samples Active Linear Dune on the Surface of Mars
From February to April 2017, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover examined linear sand dunes to compare with what it found in 2015 and 2016 during an…
Astronomers Detect Atmosphere Around Super-Earth Planet GJ 1132b
Using ESO/MPG telescope in Chile, a team of astronomers has detected an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet for the first time. The planet, super-Earth planet…
New Video Shows Cassini’s First Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings, one of its imaging cameras took a series of…
Cassini Captures New Image of the North Pole of Enceladus
This newly released Cassini image gives astronomers a closer look at the north polar region of Enceladus. In the north, Enceladus’ surface appears to be…
SOFIA Confirms Nearby Epsilon Eridani System Is Remarkably Similar To Our Solar System
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers confirm that the nearby Epsilon Eridani system has an architecture remarkably similar to that…
Newly Discovered TRAPPIST-1 System Could Spread Life Between Adjacent Exoplanets
University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Sebastiaan Krijt asks the question: If a life form existed on one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, could space debris carry…
Cassini Completes Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings, Back in Contact with Astronomers
” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is back in contact with astronomers after completing its first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the…
New MRO HiRISE Image Reveals Windblown Sand in Ganges Chasma
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals dark, windblown sand covering intricate sedimentary rock layers in Ganges Chasma, a canyon in the Valles…
New NASA Funded Research Opens a Window Into Mars’ Tumultuous Past
New research reveals that Mars experienced a 400-million-year lull in impacts between the formation of Borealis and the younger basins. Since the earliest days of…