I was Geology and Mineralogy (Geo) Science Team lead today, and my day started with a bang and a drum roll — delivered by a rare winter thunderstorm (rare here in England, at least). I did lose power ...

The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called terrestrial because they have a compact, rocky surface like Earth’s terra firma. The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the ...

As Emma mentioned on Wednesday, our current drive direction contains a pair of craters, “Runyon Canyon” and the larger “Rustic Canyon” (about 20 meters or 66 feet in diameter). On Wednesday, we ...

On November 14, 2024, NASA eClips team member, Betsy McAllister, was recognized with the prestigious Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) Science Educator Specialist Award at the 2024 VAST ...

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Among the stunning variety of worlds in our solar system, only Earth is known to host life. But other moons and planets show signs of potential habitability. A tour of our solar system reveals a ...

Minor planets, also called asteroids, are rocky objects in orbit around the Sun. Most orbit in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, moving in the same direction as the planets. They range ...

In March, a NASA-led research team announced that Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland’s fastest-flowing and thinning glacier over the past two decades, is now flowing more slowly, thickening and advancing ...