Time Is Running Out to Add Your Name to NASA’s Europa Clipper
It’s not every day that members of the public have the chance to send their names into deep space beyond Mars, all the way to…
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NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low
NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red Planet are…
NASA’s Juno Finds Jupiter’s Winds Penetrate in Cylindrical Layers
Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds penetrate the planet in a cylindrical manner, parallel to its spin axis. A paper…
Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look much like it will when it arrives in Earth orbit and starts mapping the entire sky. Short…
NASA Analysis Finds Strong El Niño Could Bring Extra Floods This Winter
An analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team finds that if a strong El Niño develops this winter, cities along the western coasts of…
First Science Images Released From ESA Mission With NASA Contributions
The Euclid mission, which will investigate the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, released its first five science images Tuesday, Nov. 7 The observatory,…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a…
NASA Flights Link Methane Plumes to Tundra Fires in Western Alaska
In Alaska’s largest river delta, tundra that has been scorched by wildfire is emitting more methane than the rest of the landscape long after the…
JPL Engineers Put Their Skills to the Test With Halloween Pumpkins
When mechanical engineers accustomed to building one-of-a-kind spacecraft turn that focus to pumpkins, the results can be hauntingly good. The annual Halloween pumpkin-carving contest at…
Salts and Organics Observed on Ganymede’s Surface by NASA’s Juno
NASA’s Juno mission has observed mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Data for this discovery was collected by the…