Science

Want to Colonize Mars? Aerogel Could Help

Raising crops on Mars is far easier in science fiction than it will be in real life: The Red Planet is an inhospitable world. Among other challenges, subzero temperatures mean water can persist on the surface only as ice, and the planet's atmosphere...

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Hubble Peers at Galactic Cherry Blossoms

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Hubble Peers at Galactic Cherry Blossoms

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Wildfire Sparks in Sugarcane Fields on the Island of Maui

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Wildfire Sparks in Sugarcane Fields on the Island of Maui

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Holes in the Universe sharpen cosmic measurements

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The change in the average shape of voids caused by Doppler...

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A Rover Pit Stop at JPL

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A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the legs and wheels -...

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HiRISE Spots Curiosity Rover at Mars' 'Woodland Bay'

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the HiRISE camera aboard the...

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NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 Gets First Data

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Preliminary carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements from OCO-3 over the United States.

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NASA's AIRS Images Tropical Storm Barry Before Landfall

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NASA's AIRS instrument imaged Tropical Storm Barry on the afternoon of July 12, 2019, a day before the storm is expected to...

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