Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...
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What could the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory reveal about Earth’s Atmosphere? NASA mission objectives examined

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory studies Earth’s exosphere, capturing ultraviolet images to monitor atmospheric ...
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NASA scientists probe Earth-like planet for atmosphere, water

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency ...

ESA orbiter reveals strange behavior within Mars’ upper atmosphere during a solar superstorm

A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer stumble. At Mars in May 2024, it did both, just without the auroras people photographed on Earth.

A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...
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NASA Finds Clouds Made of Sand in ‘Fluffy’ Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected clouds made up of silicate, or sand, in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system. WASP-107b ...
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A NASA rover just exposed something on Mars that eluded orbiters

A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red Planet from space. Scientists say the discovery of siderite, a type of iron ...

NASA's MAVEN detects first evidence of lightning-like activity on Mars

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...
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NASA, Mavericks Launch Study of Earth’s Atmosphere

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s Ames Research Center and Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation, Moffett Field, Calif., today announced a collaboration to develop a high-altitude high-velocity air ...
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Air Force aims to attract interest in bringing wind tunnel back online for hypersonic testing

The service’s test center at Eglin AFB is researching whether there are any contractors to lead a project to reactivate a ...
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NASA's Dragonfly preparing to fly through atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan

NASA researchers want to study the habitability of Titan's environment. NASA is preparing for its next mission: flying through the atmosphere of one of Saturn's moons. The space agency's Dragonfly ...
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SpaceX Starship could get NASA to Uranus in half the time and here's how

MIT researchers have outlined how SpaceX’s Starship rocket, refueled in Earth orbit, could cut the travel time for NASA’s planned Uranus mission roughly in half. The baseline design for the Uranus ...