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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region
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The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the Red Planet and engineers prepare for future missions there. .
Dec. 7, 2022
Targeting a Dec. 15 launch, SWOT will survey nearly all water on Earth’s surface for the first time, helping track how fresh and saltwater bodies change over time. .
Future planetary missions could explore in extremely cold temperatures that stymie existing spacecraft, thanks to a project under development at JPL. .
Dec. 5, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron previewed a new image of a pair of galaxies from the Webb telescope’s MIRI and NIRCam cameras. .
Nov. 30, 2022
The youngest stars often shine in bright bursts as they consume material from surrounding disks. .
Nov. 29, 2022
The small satellite will search for water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon’s South Pole, using an orbit only one other spacecraft has employed. .
Nov. 23, 2022
The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented. .
In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it. .
Nov. 22, 2022
2022 WJ1 was a tiny asteroid on a collision course with Earth. But astronomers saw it coming, and NASA’s Scout impact hazard assessment system calculated where it would hit. .
A new video series highlights the hard work and passion of scientists and engineers who are helping to get this remarkable new satellite off the ground. .
Exploring a sediment-rich location in this Mars delta offers tantalizing opportunities for the six-wheeler’s science team. .
Nov. 17, 2022
New results show average sea level rise approaching the 1-foot mark for most coastlines of the contiguous U.S. by 2050. The Gulf Coast and Southeast will see the most change. .
Nov. 15, 2022
