With a bit of technical improvisation, scientists worked out that the bedrock of Mount Sharp appeared…
Author: KENNETH CHANG
‘This Could Be the End’ for NASA’s Mars Opportunity Rover
The agency has received only silence from the intrepid explorer since contact was lost during a…
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The spacecraft captured the image when it was 4,200 miles from the object in the solar…
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The team that manages the spacecraft will have to wait 20 months for all of the…
Snowman-like Photo of Ultima Thule Sent Home by NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft
At a Wednesday news conference, scientists will announce some of the results from the flyby of…
NASA’s New Horizons Takes Photos of Ultima Thule, 4 Billion Miles Away
Now scientists await a bounty of new data about the small, mysterious icy body, the most…
Follow NASA’s New Horizons Mission as It Heads for New Year’s Flyby With Ultima Thule
The probe that visited Pluto will study a mysterious icy world just after midnight. Ultima Thule…
A Journey Into the Solar System’s Outer Reaches, Seeking New Worlds to Explore
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