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NASA’s TESS Discovers Stellar Siblings Host ‘Teenage’ Exoplanets
Thanks to data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international collaboration of astronomers has…
NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Patches of Rock Record Erased, Revealing Clues
Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lake systems that could have sustained microbial life.…
What is NASA’s Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors Initiative?
NASA’s PACE initiative supports a rapid cadence of flight demonstrations, aiming to speed up advances in…
Turning Up the Heat on Orion’s Heat Shield…x2!
For the first time, the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield material was simultaneously tested with the two…
Looking to the Clouds to Improve Climate Models for Earth and Other Planets
How do clouds contribute to climate patterns on Earth, as well as other planets like Saturn,…
Advanced Composite Solar Sail System: Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration
Advanced Composite Solar Sail System: Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration Click here…
New Era Begins as Drone Traffic Management Project Wraps Up
One NASA project helped invent a whole new type of air traffic management. Here’s a brief…
New NASA Challenge to Fund and Test Small Spacecraft Technologies
NASA is inviting commercial businesses, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, and other innovators to compete in a new…
AAS Names New NASA-Affiliated Fellows, Legacy Fellows
Thirteen scientists working at or affiliated with NASA have been recently named Fellows of the American…