Fresh Cluster of Impact Craters on Mars

May 15, 2013

NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars

Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year.

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Global Topographic Map of Titan

May 15, 2013

Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan

Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft to map the highs and lows of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

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The quick dry-out of vegetation in Southern California this year is depicted in this pair of images

May 13, 2013

Satellites See Double Jeopardy for SoCal Fire Season

New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data.

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'Cumberland' Selected as Curiosity's Second Drilling Target

May 9, 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on Mars

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling.

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Team Behind Curiosity Receives Collier Trophy

May 9, 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover Wins Prestigious Awards

Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards.

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Planetary Family Portrait

May 9, 2013

Sifting Through the Atmospheres of Far-off Worlds

Researchers have begun taking infrared pictures of planets posing near their stars in family portraits.

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This artist's concept illustrates the frenzied activity at the core of our Milky Way galaxy.

May 7, 2013

Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas

The supermassive black hole at the core of our Milky Way galaxy is gobbling up hot gas, according to a new study from the Herschel space observatory.

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An Astronomer's Fantasy: Planets in the Lab

May 6, 2013

NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish

Astronomers are using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to dissect the atmospheres of an exotic class of planets called hot Jupiters.

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Mt. Dana and Dana Plateau in the Tuolumne River Basin within Yosemite National Park, Calif

May 2, 2013

NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. Snowpack

A new NASA airborne mission is producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much water is in the snowpack of two mountain watersheds in California and Colorado.

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Artist Concept of Particle Population in Saturn's Magnetosphere

May 2, 2013

'Tis the Season -- for Plasma Changes at Saturn

NASA's Cassini mission helps reveal seasonal changes in the bubble of charged particles around Saturn, providing a clue to some long-standing mysteries.

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