Mars Rover Tracks

Mars Curosity Rover Two Years on Mars and going Strong

  (NASA) – The most advanced roving laboratory on Mars celebrates its second anniversary since landing inside the Red Planet’s Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (Aug. 6, 2012, EDT)….

Hubble Image

Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe

(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered the most distant cosmic magnifying glass, produced by a monster elliptical galaxy. Seen here as it looked 9.6 billion…

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The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World’s Size Kepler-93b

(NASA) – Thanks to NASA’s Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes, scientists have made the most precise measurement ever of the radius of a planet outside our solar system. The size of…

geyser basin of Saturn

Cassini Spacecraft Reveals 101 Geysers and more on Icy Saturn Moon

(NASA) – Scientists using mission data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Their analysis suggests it is possible for liquid water…

RS 25 engine

SLS takes another step towards flight readiness

(NASA) – Engineers have taken a crucial step in preparing to test parts of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send humans to new destinations in the solar…

Artists concept

Hubble finds three astonishingly dry exoplanets

(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have gone looking for water vapor in the atmospheres of three planets orbiting stars similar to the Sun — and have come…

Mars sparks

First Imaging of Laser-Induced Spark on Mars

(NASA) -Curiosity Mars rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on its arm to catch the first images of sparks produced by the rover’s laser being shot at…

Climate report 2013

NOAA Report, Climate data from air, land, sea and ice in 2013 reflect trends of a warming planet

Increases in temperature, sea level and CO2 observed; Southern Hemisphere warmth and Super Typhoon Haiyan among year’s most notable events (NOAA) – In 2013, the vast majority of worldwide climate indicators—greenhouse…