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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 -
Solar System's Youth Gives Clues to Planet Search
July 24, 2013 — Comets and meteorites contain clues to our solar system's earliest days. But some of the findings are puzzle pieces that don't seem to fit well together. A new set of theoretical models shows how an ... > 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 -
Valley Networks Suggest Ancient Snowfall on Mars
July 23, 2013 — Researchers have shown that some Martian valleys appear to have been caused by runoff from orographic precipitation -- moisture carried part of the way up a mountain and deposited on the slopes. The ... > 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 -
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 -
Snow in an Infant Solar System: A Frosty Landmark for Planet and Comet Formation
July 18, 2013 — A snow line has been imaged in a far-off infant solar system for the very first time. The snow line, located in the disc around the Sun-like star TW Hydrae, promises to tell us more about the ... > 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 -
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 -
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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