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Humans are getting a first glimpse of the tall sand dunes on Mars, and the photos are brilliant

One of the first things they want to explore is the "grain size and morphology of different parts o…

Jessica Orwig   


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NASA Has Plans To Fly A Helicopter On Mars

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are hoping to pave a clearer path for future rovers …

Jessica Orwig   


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NASA Tested And Recovered This Insane Flying Saucer Mars Lander

Here the SIAD in action. It's essentially a big air brake intended to slow down a landing spacecraf…

Matthew DeBord   


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The most extreme places on Earth that look exactly like Mars

For almost three years, NASA's Curiosity rover has been driving across the Martian surface, explori…

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This Is What Earth Looks Like From 900 Million Miles Away

In the meantime, the spacecraft has already beamed back to Earth tons of raw images from the event …

Dina Spector   


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Inside the mission to this mysterious water world that could detect the first alien life

One day soon, scientists hope to get a closer look at Europa. By 2022, JPL plans to send a spacecra…

Ali Sundermier   


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Earth Looks Teeny-Tiny In These New Images Taken From Saturn

What looks like a non-existent speck in the original image can be blown up to see the few pixels th…

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If you're going crazy waiting for the first Pluto flyby photos, here's what they'll look like

Unfortunately, it's going to take 9 months or possibly up to 16 months to send all of that data bac…

Dave Mosher   


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New close-up photos of Saturn reveal a taste of what Cassini could see during its death spiral

"Shortly after images started arriving, some of Cassini's scientists said they were seeing 'some st…

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These incredible images are the best yet of our near-neighbor dwarf planet Ceres

The top row of the image below shows the bright spot near Ceres's equator. The bottom row shows a p…

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Stunning photos of Mars where Matt Damon travels in 'The Martian' reveal a pretty big plot hole in the film

These photos from HiRISE have false coloring to highlight distinct Martian features, like the eject…

Jessica Orwig   


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Jio Platforms' bull-case value seen at USD 110 bn by FY22 on ARPU growth: BofA Securities

"Given Jio's focus on making services affordable, we estimate subscription to Jio's apps -- mainly…

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These Beautiful NASA Travel Posters Show What Life On Other Planets Might Be Like

Kepler-16b (to the right) is a planet dubbed "Tatooine" because of its system's resemblance to Luke…

Erin Brodwin   


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How NASA uses virtual reality to drive the Curiosity Rover on Mars

The technology is a solution to NASA's problem of distance.  Mars is more than 100 miles …

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The Mars Rover Curiosity Has Finally Arrived At Her Destination

During the trip and at the Murray Foundation, scientists hope to find more rocks like the one below…

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NASA is hiring someone to help figure out how to get Mars rocks back to Earth - and the position pays at least $182,000

Formally, the job is director of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, which aims to bring scientis…

Holly Secon   


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A new NASA video shows exactly what Cassini saw and where during its 'first fantastic dive' over Saturn

"Shortly after images started arriving, some of Cassini's scientists said they were seeing 'some st…

Dave Mosher   


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The incredible true story of how a team of scientists compiled the first image of Mars one tiny piece at a time

So engineer Richard Grumm had the idea that they should print out the data as it came in from a tap…

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A Translucent Rock Feature Has Been Spotted By Curiosity Rover's Cameras

The Curiosity rover has snapped images of a transparent object on the Martian surface that readers …

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