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NASA's Curiosity Beams Back a Color 360 of Gale Crater
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The first images from Curiosity's color Mast Camera (Mastcam) have been received by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. More... -
First 360-Degree Panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover
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Remarkable image sets from NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity's landing and first days on Mars. More... -
Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions to Martian Landscape
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Late Monday night, an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity rover and the components that helped it survive its seven-minute ordeal from space to its present location in Mars' Gale Crater. More... -
NASA's Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing
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An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot (almost 16 meter)-wide parachute as it descended toward its landing site at Gale Crater Sunday. More... -
NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain
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NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. More... -
Study Finds Ancient Warming Greened Antarctica
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A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. More... -
NASA'S Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision
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NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. More... -
New NASA App 2.0 Released For iPhone, iPod Touch
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NASA released Monday an updated version of the free NASA App for iPhone and iPod touch. More... -
NASA Mars Spacecraft Detects Large Changes in Martian Sand Dunes
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth. More... -
NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien "Super Earth"
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. More... -
NASA'S Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole
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An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes. More... -
NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Moon Phoebe Has Planet-Like Qualities
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Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. More... -
NASA Scientists Find History of Asteroid Impacts in Earth Rocks
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Research by NASA and international scientists concludes giant asteroids, similar or larger than the one believed to have killed the dinosaurs, hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously thought. More... -
Cassini Spacecraft Sees New Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring
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Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them. More... -
NASA's Dawn Sees New Surface Features on Giant Asteroid Vesta
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. More...