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NASA's MAVEN mission is observing the upper atmosphere of Mars to help understand climate change on the planet.
Celebrating 10 Years at Mars with NASA’s MAVEN Mission (NASA)Sept. 27, 2024
The chamber is a large circular tube on its side. Suspended in the center on a platform is a tinfoil tray. Wires run to a sensor above the tray, some coated in frost. The inside of the tube is also frost-covered much like a freezer.
NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time (NASA)Sept. 12, 2024
Image shows a dark background of reddish, cloud-like dust dashed against the black background of space. Bright points of light flare up in tints of blue, yellow and white at different sizes. A cluster of these points of light sits off center lower right.
NASA’s Webb Peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy (NASA)Sept. 12, 2024
The wide reach of Clipper's solar panels fills most of the width of the landscape image. The spacecraft is centered in frame with Jupiter in the background. Jupiter appears muted and hazy, with Clipper in focus in the foreground.
NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon (NASA)Sept. 11, 2024
This artist impression shows the spacecraft center of frame against a muted space backdrop tinted in reds and purples (almost like gas). The dish of the craft points straight up with the various instruments and components protruding out.
Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap (NASA)Sept. 10, 2024
An artist drawing of the Europa Clipper spacecraft speeding from left to right over a photograph of Jupiter's moon Europa. The craft is a central circular shape with a large antennae dish. Two wings of solar panels spread out to either side.
NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission (NASA)Sept. 9, 2024
Mars is at the far left of frame as a bright red/orange globe against the black of space. There is a spattering of red/orange pixels dense at the planet and dispersed across the frame like sand scattered across a surface.
NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water (NASA)Sept. 5, 2024
NUI's first launch at sea during the Santorini expedition.
The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, GreeceAug. 24, 2024
A theoretical instrument that would search for individual microbes on the surface of Mars.
NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis (NASA)Aug. 14, 2024
The center of the frame is filled by a bright orange/yellow star. Massive solar flares burst out and the surface is covered with darker spots. The dark disk of a transiting exoplanet is seen top left, roughly 1/10 the diameter of the star.
How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet Research (NASA)Aug. 12, 2024
An artist image of an exoplanet that shows potential technosignatures: city lights (glowing circular structures) on the night side and multi-colored clouds on the day side that represent various forms of pollution, and orbiting solar panel arrays (right).
NASA Scientists on Why We Might Not Spot Solar Panel Technosignatures (NASA)Aug. 6, 2024
A three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun on the left side of our screen and a dramatic illustration of a star with a planet orbiting around it on the right side.
Coming in Hot – NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets (NASA)Aug. 5, 2024
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