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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests prebiotic…

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Uses Mars to Go the Distance
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The orbiter bound for Jupiter’s moon Europa will investigate whether the moon is habitable, but it first will get the help of Mars’ gravitational force to get to deep space. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper will streak just 550…

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Is There Potential for Life on Europa? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 52
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That’s a great question. And it’s a question that NASA will seek to answer with the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Europa is a moon of Jupiter. It’s about the same size as Earth’s Moon, but its surface looks very different. The…

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En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars
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The spacecraft’s star trackers help engineers orient the orbiter throughout its long journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Three months after its launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency’s Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion miles (2.6…

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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients
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Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key…

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NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings
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NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission, which delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to…

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NASA’s Apollo Samples Yield New Information about the Moon
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In a new analysis of lunar samples collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts more than 50 years ago, NASA-supported scientists have provided detailed information about the early evolution of the Moon. The study helps pin down the timing of an enormous…

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NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards 
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President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by…

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NASA Study Shows Ferns Facilitate Recovery from Environmental Disaster 
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NASA-supported scientists have shown how ferns might help ecosystems recover from disasters.

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NASA Kennedy Top 24 Stories of 2024
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From sending crew members to the International Space Station to launching a spacecraft to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to determine if it could support life, 2024 was a busy record setting year for NASA and its partners at Kennedy Space…

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