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Removing Traces of Life in Lab Helps NASA Scientists Study Its Origins
A specialized laboratory setup at JPL removes the chemical influence of modern organisms so scientists can study the chemistry that may have led to life’s emergence.
NASA Launches Power to Explore Challenge for K-12 Students
And 3, 2, 1…lift off! NASA has officially launched its second Power to Explore Student Challenge, calling on K-12 students in the United States to learn about Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), and then design a new RPS-powered space mission that…
Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal
Billions of years ago, a version of our Earth that looks very different than the one we live on today was hit by an object about the size of Mars, called Theia – and out of that collision the Moon…
10 ‘Super Bowls’ in Our Solar System
Here are 10 impressively super, bowl-shaped venues adorning worlds in our solar system, including a couple where we've actually made…touchdowns!
February 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon
The next full Moon will be early on Sunday morning, Feb. 9, 2020, at 2:33 AM EST. The Moon will appear full from Friday evening to Monday morning, making this a full Moon weekend.
NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa
Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. These revealed brownish cracks slicing the moon’s icy surface, which give Europa the look of a veiny eyeball. Missions to the outer…
Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa
Related links Europa overview on NASA Solar System ExplorationEuropa poster on NASA Solar System Exploration A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using a visible-light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech…
Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon
Astronomers call it “the moon that shouldn’t be there.” After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has at last come up with an explanation for a mysterious moon around Neptune that they…
Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System
Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. This moon candidate, which is 8,000 light-years from Earth in the…
New NASA Position to Focus on Exploration of Moon, Mars and Worlds Beyond
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is taking a giant leap focusing the agency’s exploration of the Moon, Mars and our Solar System. Effective immediately, Steve Clarke is SMD’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration. He will serve as the agency’s interface…