Solar System

Curiosity Touches Mars at Yellowknife Bay and Drives to Snake River for Drilling

Image Caption: Photo mosaic shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover in action reaching out to investigate rocks at a location called…

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New Study Shows Cosmic Rays Could Cause Alzheimer’s

Humans explore Mars in "Distant Shores," an illustration by NASA artist Pat Rawlins Cosmic rays from deep space could pose…

12 years ago

Curiosity Celebrates 1st Martian Christmas at Yellowknife Bay

Image Caption: Curiosity Scans ‘Yellowknife Bay’ on Sol 130. NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated her 1st Christmas on the Red Planet…

12 years ago

A Color View of Darling Dione

Color-composite of Dione made from raw Cassini images acquired on Dec. 23, 2012. (NASA/JPL/SSI. Composite by J. Major.) Although made…

12 years ago

Orion assemblage on track for 2014 Launch

Image caption: Orion EFT-1 crew cabin construction ongoing inside the Structural Assembly Jig at the Operations and Checkout Building (O…

12 years ago

‘Live’ Tweeting Apollo 17’s Mission

  40 years ago on December 19, 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down on Earth, marking the end of the manned…

12 years ago

‘NASA Johnson Style’ Parodies ‘Gangnam Style’ Music Video

http://youtu.be/2Sar5WT76kE Check this out and get in the groove to enjoy some really cool fun from NASA NASA interns and…

12 years ago

Curiosity Inspects ‘Shaler’ Outcrop on Descent to Yellowknife Bay Drill Target – 2D/3D

Image caption: Sol 120 colorized panorama of big and stunning ‘Shaler’ layered rock outcrop snapped by Curiosity’s right eye Navigation…

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Curiosity Gets a Sister – What Should She Do ? Scientists Speak

Image caption: Seeing Double - Future Martian Sisters. NASA just announced plans to build and launch a new Mars science…

12 years ago

Voyager 1 Riding on a Magnetic Highway Out of the Solar System

Artist concept of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft exploring a new region in our solar system called the "magnetic highway." Credit:…

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