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NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn

The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama ...
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NASA’s SunRISE Mission Targets No Earlier Than Mid-2027 Launch

NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch no earlier than mid-2027. The heliophysics ...
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NASA’s Roman Team Snaps Test Coronagraph Image

“This observation confirms that the instrument can produce a focused image,” said Vanessa Bailey, a Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist at NASA JPL. “It’s a very limited test that kicks off a ...
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In-Situ Instrument Laboratory

Go inside this high-tech playground where engineers push spacecraft to their limits in a simulated Martian landscape. In this 4,500 square foot “testbed,” engineers test prototypes, instruments, ...
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NASA’s Eyes Interactive Demonstration

Dive into JPL’s missions with NASA’s Eyes, an immersive suite of 3D visualizations that brings real NASA data and imagery to life. Complete your experience with a short film and an exclusive look ...
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NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars

A new study reveals that Jezero Crater’s enigmatic ‘Margin Unit’ was shaped by a complex sequence of ancient lakes, groundwater systems, and hydrothermal fluids. When NASA’s Perseverance rover reached ...
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US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption

Returning to the same spot in orbit numerous times over several months, NISAR documented the ongoing lava flow from a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from ...
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NASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of Mass

As the seasons change, Earth transfers mass from some locations to pack on the gigatons in others. Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and ...