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NASA Study Refines Projections for Thwaites Glacier

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier pictured in 2014. A new study using a computer model developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven

This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken from time of its 2021 landing to Oct.
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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 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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NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics), is advancing to the next phase of development. This space ...
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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 ...