From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA’s New Horizons science team is discussing more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto at this week’s 47th Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences in National Harbor, Maryland.
Tag: solar system
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NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.
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NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colorado.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colorado.
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Hubble’s Planetary Portrait Captures New Changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter – the first in a series of annual portraits of the solar system’s outer planets.
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Hubble’s Planetary Portrait Captures New Changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter – the first in a series of annual portraits of the solar system’s outer planets.
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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
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Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA’s Cassini mission.
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Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA’s Cassini mission.
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NASA's LRO Discovers Earth's Pull is 'Massaging' our Moon
Earth’s gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks.
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NASA's LRO Discovers Earth's Pull is 'Massaging' our Moon
Earth’s gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks.