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Assessing Drop-Off to Mars Rover's Observation Tray
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 78th sol (Oct. 24, 2012) to view soil material on the rover's observation tray.
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NASA's Cassini Sees Burp at Saturn After Large Storm
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn.
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NASA's Spitzer Sees Light of Lonesome Stars
A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light seen across the entire sky.
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NASA's NuSTAR Spots Flare From Milky Way's Black Hole
NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.
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Curiosity Rover Collects Fourth Scoop of Martian Soil
NASA's rover Curiosity shook a scoopful of sand inside its sample-handling mechanism on Sol 75 (Oct. 21, 2012) as the third scrubbing of interior surfaces of the mechanism.
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JPL Scientists Participate in ShakeOut Exercises
Two JPL-developed projects designed to assist in response to earthquake disasters participated in exercises tied to today's Great California ShakeOut quake drill.
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Mars Soil Sample Delivered for Analysis Inside Rover
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.
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Jupiter: Turmoil from Below, Battering from Above
NASA scientists are observing Jupiter's appearance - its clouds, belts, hotspots, fireballs - change in unprecedented ways.
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NASA to Host Mars Curiosity Rover Teleconference Oct. 18
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars.
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What's Baking on Titan?
NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots curious surface features on Saturn's largest moon, including a "hot-cross bun" and outlines of vast southern seas.
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A Long and Winding Road: Cassini Celebrates 15 Years
It's been 3.8 billion miles and a trunk full of memories for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, launched 15 years ago today.
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Citizens Discover Four-Star Planet with NASA's Kepler
A joint effort of amateur astronomers and scientists has led to the first reported case of a planet orbiting a double star, orbited itself by a second distant pair of stars.
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Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop Commanded
Commands will be sent to Curiosity today instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust.
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NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids
Observations from NASA's WISE all-sky survey reveal new clues about Jovian Trojans, mysterious asteroids that orbit in front of and behind Jupiter in its path around the sun.
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Curiosity Preparing for Second Scoop
On Sol 65 (Oct. 11, 2012) of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed several activities in preparation for collecting its second scoop of soil.
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How to Hunt a Space Rock
A team of scientists from JPL needed some space. When a large fireball turned night into day over Battle Mountain, Nev. they knew they had their chance.
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JPL 'Genius': NASA Astronomer Named MacArthur Fellow
JPL scientist Olivier Guyon has been named one of the 2012 MacArthur Fellows, a prestigious award popularly known as the "genius grant."
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Mars Rock Touched by NASA Curiosity has Surprises
The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions.
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Bounce, Skid, Wobble: How Huygens Landed on Titan
New analysis of data from the Huygens probe shows a complex surface.
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Resume Working with First Scooped Sample
The team operating Curiosity decided on Oct. 9, 2012, to proceed with using the rover's first scoop of Martian material.