Curiosity's Cameras

June 13, 2013

Curiosity's Cameras

Curiosity is at Point Lake on Mars and will snap pictures to send home. Find out more about the rover's 17 cameras, including why some shoot in color and others others take black-and-white images.

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Dry Ice Moves on Mars

June 11, 2013

Dry Ice Moves on Mars

Is frozen carbon dioxide a key to features in some Martian gullies? To find out, scientists grabbed a bag of dry ice and took a road trip.

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Rover Ready to Switch Gears

June 7, 2013

Rover Ready to Switch Gears

NASA's Curiosity rover switches to long-distance driving mode as she heads to Mount Sharp.

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Radar Movies Hightlight

June 6, 2013

Radar Movies Hightlight

Radar data depicting the asteroid's primary body. Its moon, or secondary body, is the bright dot ascending just to the left of image center.

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Curiosity Mars Rover Drilling into Its Second Rock

June 4, 2013

Curiosity Mars Rover Drilling into Its Second Rock

This sequence of images from the Front Hazard-Avoidance Camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the rover drilling into rock target 'Cumberland.'

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What's up for June 2013?

June 3, 2013

What's up for June 2013?

Asteroids, planets and rare meteor showers, oh my! June skies alight with stellar happenings.

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Asteroid 1998 QE2

May 30, 2013

Asteroid 1998 QE2

Radar data of asteroid 1998 QE2 obtained on May 29, 2013.

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Revealing Asteroids with Radar

May 29, 2013

Revealing Asteroids with Radar

When Asteroid 1998 QE2 makes its closest approach to Earth on May 31, 2013, it promises to be a bonanza for radar science.

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Cosmic Swirly Straws Feed Galaxy

May 24, 2013

Cosmic Swirly Straws Feed Galaxy

Created with the help of supercomputers, this simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy during the first 2 billion years of the universe.

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Mega Galaxy Merger

May 22, 2013

Mega Galaxy Merger

This simulation shows the merging of two massive galaxies, sped up to cover 1.5 billion years of time.

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