Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Swings Past Sun

Comet 2I/Borisov is a mysterious visitor from the depths of space — the first identified comet…

PIA23594: Juno's JIRAM Instrument

           Target: Jupiter Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JIRAM Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Click here for original…

X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection

After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu’s boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample…

PIA23608: A Sixth Cyclone Has Joined the Configuration of Circumpolar Cyclones at Jupiter's South Pole

           Target: Jupiter Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JunoCam Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Click here for original…

PIA23607: White Spot Z

           Target: Jupiter Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Björn Jónsson, ©…

PIA23606: The Great Red Spot

           Target: Jupiter Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Kevin M. Gill,…

PIA23605: Exotic Marble

           Target: Jupiter Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Prateek Sarpal, ©…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/12/2019

Bio-Monitor: The crew doffed and stowed the headband and Garment hardware. The crew then connected the…

NASA’s NICER Delivers Best-ever Pulsar Measurements, 1st Surface Map

​Astrophysicists are redrawing the textbook image of pulsars (the dense, whirling remains of exploded stars) thanks…

Newfound Martian Aurora Actually the Most Common; Sheds Light on Mars’ Changing Climate

A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the…