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Into The Field With NASA: Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes
To better understand Mars, NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team hiked deep into the backcountry of Katmai National Park.
New Evidence Adds to Findings Hinting at Network of Caves on Moon
An international team of scientists using data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has discovered evidence of caves beneath the…
NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission
The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASA’s Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a…
Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data
An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023…
Michael Thorpe Studies Sediment from Source to Sink
Sedimentary and planetary geologist Michael Thorpe finds the stories rocks have to tell, those on Earth and those from Mars.
NASA SCoPE at AGU: Fueling Curiosity, Fostering Diversity
In December 2023, approximately 24,000 scientists from around the world gathered together in San Francisco, California to attend the American…