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Since last September, scientists using NASA's Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO) on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft have generated maps...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 22, 2015
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make a close flyby of Saturn's moon Dione on June 16, coming within 321 miles (516 kilometers) of the moon's surface.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 16, 2015
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 9, 2015
Data collected by NASA's Alice instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft reveal that electrons close to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 2, 2015
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its final close approach to Saturn's large, irregularly shaped moon Hyperion on Sunday, May 31.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 1, 2015
Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in March 2016.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 29, 2015
Two powerful science investigations will help unravel the mystery of whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa might have the right conditions for life, when a new NASA...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 27, 2015
Tests on Mars have confirmed success of a repair to the autonomous focusing capability of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 26, 2015
A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 21, 2015
NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 20, 2015
NASA laboratory experiments suggest the dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter's moon Europa is likely sea salt from a subsurface ocean, discolored...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 13, 2015
NASA is bringing together experts spanning a variety of scientific fields for an unprecedented initiative dedicated to the search for life on planets outside our...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 22, 2015
Martian weather and soil conditions that NASA's Curiosity rover has measured, together with a type of salt found in Martian soil, could put liquid brine in the...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 15, 2015
Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes, according...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 13, 2015
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 9, 2015
Since its capture by the gravity of dwarf planet Ceres on March 6, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has performed flawlessly, continuing to thrust with its ion engine as...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 7, 2015
NASA has announced the release of Vesta Trek, a free, web-based application that provides detailed visualizations of Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in our...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 1, 2015