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Pioneer Venus Orbiter ultraviolet observations of cloud structure in Venus' atmosphere. Credit: NASA
Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASA’s DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip (NASA)Oct. 17, 2024
This black an white image shows the surface of Mars from above. In the center is a thin mountain ridge shaped somewhat like a feather with the rounded, broader 'top' leaning to the left. A thin line of white is running down the ridge.
Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities (NASA)Oct. 17, 2024
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New Team to Assess NASA’s Mars Sample Return Architecture Proposals (NASA)Oct. 17, 2024
The Falcon Heavy sits in the middle of frame at a distance, clouds of smoke surround the base as the liftoff sequence beings. Behind the launch site, the Atlantic stretches to the horizon under a cloudless sky.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter (NASA)Oct. 14, 2024
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Planetary Science Research Programs Town HallOct. 11, 2024
WASP-49 b appears to the left in the foreground as a dark red, cloudy sphere. To the right is a large, bright star. Between them is a small, glowing moon with puffs of smoke around it.
Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io? (NASA)Oct. 10, 2024
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Request for Information (RFI): Development of NASA-DARES 2025: The NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration StrategyOct. 8, 2024
Mars in center frame. The left half of the planet appears as Mars today, with a dry and reddish surface. The right side of the planet is covered in a blue ocean of water. Clouds wrap around the planet.
NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable (NASA)Oct. 8, 2024
Perseverance is positioned to the right of the frame next to Cheyava Falls. The dusty, rocky, reddish surface of Mars fills the rest of the frame with hills in the background. There is a slight fish-eye bend around the edges of the frame.
Perseverance Matters (NASA)Oct. 7, 2024
Centaur 29P appears left of frame with two gaseous jets shooting out of the top, one shooting out from the center of the object, and one from the bottom. The image is shrouded in haze from the jets.
NASA’s Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P (NASA)Oct. 3, 2024
This artist’s concept illustrates how tightly the three stars in the system called TIC 290061484 orbit each other. If placed at the center of our solar system, all the stars’ orbits would be contained a space smaller than Mercury’s orbit around the Sun.
NASA’s TESS Spots Record-Breaking Stellar Triplets (NASA)Oct. 2, 2024
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
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