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How two video meetings, two online purchases, and a kitchen counter led to what could be "one small step" for...
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The telltale sign that the black hole was feeding vanished, perhaps when a star interrupted the feast. The event could...
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As Comet NEOWISE begins to dazzle the evening skies, the public and media can pose their astronomy questions to a...
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Members of the public can help scientists learn how planets form by sifting through data from NASA's WISE mission, managed...
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The winners for the JPL-led "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload" challenge have been announced, and the miniature robotic designs...
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The first helicopter attempting to fly on another planet is a marvel of engineering. Get up to speed with these...
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From its vantage point aboard the Aqua satellite, the instrument maps how much moisture the storm's clouds contain. Tropical Storm...
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No matter where you live, choose from a menu of activities to join NASA as we "Countdown to Mars" and...
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Data from NASA's NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search for these not-quite-planets-but-not-quite-stars.
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Used for communicating with distant spacecraft, a massive radio antenna is being retrofitted to prepare it for a busy future...
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Ready for its launch later in the month, the Mars-bound rover will touch terra firma no more. NASA's Perseverance Mars...
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Catch the comet in the morning sky until July 11, after which you can find it just after sunset until...
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NASA's next rover to the Red Planet launched on July 30 and will land on Feb. 18, 2021. These highlights...
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The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellite mission will add to a long-term sea level dataset that's become the gold standard for climate studies...
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The mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid is pivoting from planning the details to building real pieces of the spacecraft...
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An overwhelming response to the competition will help advance the design of a mechanical rover concept that could one day...
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After more than a year in a clay-rich region, Curiosity is making a mile-long journey around some deep sand so...
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Now that the lander's robotic arm has helped the mole get underground, it will resume science activities that have been...
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From the vantage point of the Terra satellite, the instrument can detect the scarred land that the wildfire, burning north...
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Under consideration to become the next Discovery Program mission, VERITAS would reveal the inner workings of Earth's mysterious "twin." Imagine...
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In a first, astronomers may have seen light from the merger of two black holes, providing opportunities to learn about...
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Smart phone apps provide nearly instantaneous navigation on Earth; the Deep Space Atomic Clock could do the same for future...
