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Cassini's Flyby 'Doubleheader'
Cassini performed back-to-back flybys of Saturn moons Tethys and Hyperion last weekend, coming closer than ever before to each of them.
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First Person
What are comets made of? JPL's Dr. Don Yeomans explains
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Deep Impact Mission Log
Learn what the mission team is doing to prepare for its July 4 encounter with comet Tempel 1.
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Cassini Photo Essay →
Enjoy stunning images of Saturn and its moons.
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2007: An Out-of-This-World Year
2007 was a year of scientific surprises and major milestones for JPL missions studying Earth, our solar system and distant galaxies.
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The Big Thaw
A thick chunk of Arctic sea ice the size of two states has disappeared. Is it global warming or normal causes?
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Radar Helps Uncover Lost Metropolis
A space-based radar survey helped uncover ruins of the medieval settlement of Angkor, Cambodia.
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Slide Show: Cool Science
Icebergs, fjords, glaciers. All part of the view at Earth's poles.
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Video: The International Polar Year
Earth's glaciers, ice sheets and oceans in the Arctic and Antarctica are the subject of the two-year International Polar Year study. NASA also begins work to explore other poles in our solar system.
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Slide Show: The Year in Pictures
Intriguing planets, exotic moons, glittering galaxies. JPL missions produced a dazzling array of images in 2006. Take a peek at a few of these visual treats.
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Ice Expedition
JPL's Alberto Behar leads an expedition to frozen West Greenland to study the inner workings of a glacier.
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Quiz: JPL History
Calling all space buffs. To celebrate JPL's 70th anniversary, we created a quiz to test your knowledge of robotic space exploration.
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The Rocketmen
JPL has always been a pioneer in space exploration. Excerpts from one of JPL's original 'rocketmen' describe the first experiments that led to the creation of JPL.
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Slide Show: Hurricane Watch
NASA missions study a storm from many angles.
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Cloud Quiz
You see them just about every day but what do you really know about clouds?
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Earthquake Studies
In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, a violent earthquake shook San Francisco and the surrounding area. This interactive feature explains technologies JPL researchers are using a century after the "Big One."
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CloudSat: Looking Inside Clouds
For the first time, scientists will be able to see clouds in 3-D.
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Slide Show: Students Aim High
Student-built robots battled it out in a regional robotics competition.
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The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, A Century of Scientific Study
Even today, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is called the "Big One."
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NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye
After a 13-year voyage of discovery, the Topex/Poseidon oceanography satellite ended its mission.
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