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NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered
NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to…
NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered
NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to…
Briefing materials: 1,284 Newly Validated Kepler Planets
Briefing materials for the announcement of 1,284 newly validated Kepler planets
What’s Growing on the Space Station’s Walls? Observing How Microbes Adapt in a Spaceflight Environment
Microbial Tracking-1 (MT-1) is a three-part flight investigation that monitors the types of microbes present on…
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Trapped in Clouds
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the clouds over Canada on May 9, 2016. Entwined…
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Trapped in Clouds
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the clouds over Canada on May 9, 2016. Entwined…
Mercury Solar Transit
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower third of image, as it transits across the…
Mercury Solar Transit
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower third of image, as it transits across the…
Flying Observatory Detects Atomic Oxygen in Martian Atmosphere
An instrument onboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of…