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NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse

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The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky. From its perch on the western wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance…

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Two people wearing all white suits that cover their entire body and hair, and masks, stand by a cylindrical instrument.

NASA to Launch Innovative Solar Coronagraph to Space Station

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NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution. Launching in November 2024 aboard SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply services mission, CODEX…

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How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

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There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. When NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer begins orbiting the Moon next year,…

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Gateway: Centering Science

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Gateway is set to advance science in deep space, bringing groundbreaking research opportunities to lunar orbit.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery Slope

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On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency’s latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead.   NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a steeply sloping route…

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Sinister Solar System

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Our universe is full of mysterious sights and sounds. Explore some of our most frightful finds from past Halloweens.

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Europa Trek: NASA Offers a New Guided Tour of Jupiter’s Ocean Moon

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NASA Science Activation's Solar System Treks collaborated with Astrobiology SciComm Guild SMEs to create enhancements to the Europa Trek portal.

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Gateway: Life in a Lunar Module

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Teams at NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and Thales Alenia Space, including astronauts Stan Love and Luca Parmitano, came together in Turin, Italy, this summer for a test run of Gateway, humanity’s first space station to orbit the Moon. The…

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Bands of white, tan, and orange clouds shroud Venus in this view from a spacecraft.

Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASA’s DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip

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How NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus uses old data to reveal new secrets.

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Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities

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Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life. While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet’s surface. Through…

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