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October 20, 2020
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Scientists Study the Rugged Surface of Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu

Oct. 8, 2020 — As the days count down to NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's Touch-And-Go asteroid sample collection attempt, scientists have determined what the spacecraft can expect to return from the near-Earth ...

Scientists Peer Inside an Asteroid

Oct. 8, 2020 — New findings from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that the interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker and less dense than its outer layers -- like a crème-filled chocolate egg flying though ...

Explaining the Formation of a Hexagon Storm on Saturn

Oct. 6, 2020 — Researchers create a new 3D model that could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn -- a hurricane about 20,000 miles in ...

First Measurements of Radiation Levels on the Moon

Sep. 26, 2020 — In the coming years and decades, various nations want to explore the moon, and plan to send astronauts there again for this purpose. But on our inhospitable satellite, space radiation poses a ...
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Solar Storm Forecasts for Earth Improved With Help from the Public

Sep. 18, 2020 — Scientists used observations recorded by members of the public to increase accuracy of computer model predictions of when harmful CMEs will hit ...

Student Research Team Develops Hybrid Rocket Engine

Aug. 27, 2020 — In a year defined by obstacles, a student rocket team persevered. Working together across five time zones, they successfully designed a hybrid rocket engine that uses paraffin and a novel nitrous ...

The Most Sensitive Instrument in the Search for Life Beyond Earth

Aug. 19, 2020 — Researchers have developed the highly sensitive ORIGIN instrument, which can provide proof of the smallest amounts of traces of life, for future space missions. The instrument may be used on missions ...

Aurora Mysteries Unlocked With NASA's THEMIS Mission

Aug. 14, 2020 — A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out in ...

Perovskite and Organic Solar Cells Rocketed Into Space

Aug. 12, 2020 — Researchers have sent perovskite and organic solar cells on a rocket into space. The solar cells withstood the extreme conditions in space, producing power from direct sunlight and reflective light ...

Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come from Salty Water Below

Aug. 11, 2020 — Data from NASA's recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically ...

Huge Ring-Like Structure on Ganymede's Surface May Have Been Caused by Violent Impact

Aug. 7, 2020 — Image data reanalysis has revealed that ancient tectonic troughs are concentrically distributed across almost the entire surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Computer simulation results suggest ...

NASA's Maven Observes Martian Night Sky Pulsing in Ultraviolet Light

Aug. 6, 2020 — Vast areas of the Martian night sky pulse in ultraviolet light, according to images from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. The results are being used to illuminate complex circulation patterns in the ...

Ammonia Sparks Unexpected, Exotic Lightning on Jupiter

Aug. 5, 2020 — NASA's Juno spacecraft -- orbiting and closely observing the planet Jupiter -- has unexpectedly discovered lightning in the planet's upper atmosphere, according to a multi-institutional ...

Sun’s Bubble of Influence May Be Shaped Like a Deflated Croissant

Aug. 5, 2020 — Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA ...

Lava Tubes on Mars and the Moon Are So Wide They Can Host Planetary Bases

Aug. 5, 2020 — Subsurface cavities created by lava on Mars and the Moon could provide a shield against cosmic radiation, new research ...

NASA Astronauts Safely Splash Down After First Commercial Crew Flight to Space Station

Aug. 2, 2020 — Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station ...

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet Successfully Launched

July 30, 2020 — NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to ...

Astrophysicist Investigates the Possibility of Life Below the Surface of Mars

July 28, 2020 — Although no life has been detected on the Martian surface, a new study from astrophysicist and research scientist finds that conditions below the surface could potentially support ...

Hubble Sees Summertime on Saturn

July 23, 2020 — Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent giant world was 839 million miles from Earth. A new ...

Solar Orbiter's First Images Reveal 'Campfires' on the Sun

July 16, 2020 — The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed 'campfires', near the surface of our closest ...

Higher Concentration of Metal in Moon's Craters Provides New Insights to Its Origin

July 1, 2020 — There has been considerable debate over how the Moon was formed. The popular hypothesis contends that the Moon was formed by a Mars-sized body colliding with Earth's upper crust which is poor in ...

Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated Aboard Orbiting CubeSat

June 25, 2020 — In a critical step toward creating a global quantum communications network, researchers have generated and detected quantum entanglement onboard a CubeSat nanosatellite weighing less than 2.6 ...

Scientists Provide New Explanation for the Far Side of the Moon's Strange Asymmetry

June 22, 2020 — The Earth-Moon system's history remains mysterious. Scientists believe the two formed when a Mars-sized body collided with the proto-Earth. Earth ended up being the larger daughter of this ...

Spacecrafts Get a Boost in 'Aerogravity Assisted' Interactions

June 18, 2020 — Researchers map the energy variations of the spacecraft orbits due to 'Aerogravity Assisted' ...
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