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Could You Find What A Lunar Crater Is Made Of By Shooting It?

Americans are famously fond of their guns. So it should come as no surprise that a team of NASA scientists…

2 months ago

A New Map of Mars, Made From 51,000 Orbital Images

When NASA sent the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to the red planet in 2006, the spacecraft took an instrument with…

2 years ago

Who Discovered Helium?

In addition to its many commercial and scientific uses, helium is one of the most plentiful elements in our universe,…

9 years ago

Voyager Mission Is Cooling Its Jets

[/caption] Or, more appropriately, Voyager 1 is cooling its instruments. To help conserve power, the mission managers at NASA have…

13 years ago

Hinode Discovers the Sun’s Hidden Sparkle

Blinking spots of intense light are being observed all over the lower atmosphere of the Sun. Not just in the…

17 years ago