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InSight Is Catching Rays on Mars
NASA's InSight has sent signals to Earth indicating that its solar panels are open and collecting sunlight on the Martian surface.
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NASA InSight Team on Course for Mars Touchdown
NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface of...
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Kepler Telescope Bids 'Goodnight' with Final Commands
On the evening of Thursday, Nov. 15, NASA's Kepler space telescope received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth.
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Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, Glass
We are all, quite literally, made of star dust. Many of the chemicals that compose our planet and our bodies were formed directly by stars.
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NASA Learns More About Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua'
In November 2017, scientists pointed NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as 'Oumuamua,' the first known interstellar object to visit our solar...
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NASA's ARIA Maps California Wildfires from Space
California continues to be plagued by wildfires, including the Woolsey Fire near Los Angeles and the Camp Fire in Northern California, now one of the deadliest...
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NASA's Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system's earliest chapter.
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NASA's InSight Will Study Mars While Standing Still
You don't need wheels to explore Mars.
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pdate on Opportunity Rover after Martian Dust Storm
One month since increasing their commanding frequency, engineers have yet to hear from NASA's Opportunity rover.
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Mars Virtual Reality Software Wins NASA Award
A mixed-reality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on Mars recently received NASA's 2018 Software of the Year Award.
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All Eyes on Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael plowed into the Florida panhandle Wednesday, Oct. 10, as a major Category 4 storm—the strongest hurricane ever to hit that region.
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Painting Cars for Mars
When John Campanella's friend wanted his beloved Ferrari painted, he knew exactly who to call.
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Curiosity Rover to Temporarily Switch 'Brains'
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, this week commanded the agency's Curiosity rover to switch to its second computer.
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Groundbreaking Science Emerges from ltra-Close Orbits of Saturn
New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA's Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system—especially the...
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Opportunity Emerges in a Dusty Picture
NASA still hasn't heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least we can see it again.
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Dust Storms on Titan Spotted for the First Time
Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in equatorial regions of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Scientists ID Three Causes of Earth's Spin Axis Drift
A typical desk globe is designed to be a geometric sphere and to rotate smoothly when you spin it. Our actual planet is far less perfect—in both shape and in rotation...
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Legacy of NASA's Dawn, Near the End of its Mission
NASA's Dawn mission is drawing to a close after 11 years of breaking new ground in planetary science, gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented...
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Curiosity Surveys a Mystery nder Dusty Skies
After snagging a new rock sample on Aug. 9, NASA's Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location on...
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