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11 june
15h38
NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High Desert
Naomi Hartono
Equipped with rock picks and hand lenses, a team of geoscientists deployed to the Mojave Desert recently to investigate a tantalizing fingerprint...
10 june
12h00
NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation
A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud...
03 june
13h12
NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today
Jessica Taveau
The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended...
29 may
04h00
Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle
Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern...
28 may
18h22
NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate
Scientists analyzed 20 Martian samples collected by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and found that differences in hematite crystallite size at varying...
27 may
15h34
NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Ni o
Naomi Hartono
Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundreds of miles wide has arrived in the...
22 may
14h34
NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management
Cheryl Warner
NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center ...
20 may
17h39
NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
Naomi Hartono
NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in...
19 may
19h49
NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid
Stephen Carney
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. This...
12 may
16h48
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Selfie in Mars’ Western Frontier
Stephen Carney
Editor’s note: The text was updated on March 13, 2026, to correct the spelling of the outcrop nicknamed Arathusa. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover...
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