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Curiosity Makes Its Longest One-Day Drive on Mars
July 24, 2013 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove twice as far on July 21 as on any other day of the mission so far: 109.7 yards (100.3 meters). The length of the drive took advantage of starting the 340th Martian ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISON
July 23, 2013 Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later ... > full story -
NASA Releases Images of Earth by Two Interplanetary Spacecraft
July 22, 2013 Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cassini ... > full story -
Large Coronal Hole Near the Sun's North Pole
July 19, 2013 Astronomers captured an image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun's north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 a.m. EDT. Coronal holes are dark, low density regions of the sun's outermost ... > full story -
How Mars' Atmosphere Got So Thin: Reports Detail Curiosity Clues to Atmosphere's Past
July 18, 2013 A pair of new papers report measurements of the Martian atmosphere's composition by NASA's Curiosity rover, providing evidence about loss of much of Mars' original ... > full story -
MAVEN Spectrometer Opens Window to Red Planet’s Past
July 18, 2013 When NASA's MAVEN mission begins its journey to the Red Planet later this year, it will be equipped with a special instrument to take the planet back in ... > full story -
Hubble Shows Link Between Stars' Ages and Their Orbits in Dense Cluster
July 18, 2013 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have determined the orbital motion of two distinct populations of stars in an ancient globular star cluster, offering proof they formed at different ... > full story -
NASA Interplanetary Probes to Take Pictures of Earth
July 18, 2013 Two NASA spacecraft, one studying the Saturn system, the other observing Mercury, are maneuvering into place to take pictures of Earth on July 19 and ... > full story -
Slow Bow Shock Ahead of the Sun's Heliosphere Predicted
July 18, 2013 A new study indicates that a bow shock (a dynamic boundary between sun’s heliosphere and the interstellar medium) is highly likely. These findings challenge recent predictions that no such bow ... > full story -
Overhead View of Mars Rover 10 Years After Launch
July 17, 2013 An image from Mars orbit taken 10 years after the launch of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the long-lived rover on its trek to a new destination on ... > full story
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