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Taking the time to see the light
Long-exposure photography can help see dim, distant light sources. It can also show us familiar lights in totally…
Read MoreJPL to Transition to Fully Onsite Work
Colleagues, A deeply engaged and collaborative culture defines JPL’s legacy of excellence and innovation. To advance that culture…
Read MoreNASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time
“In addition to monitoring total storage of waters in lakes and rivers, we zoom in on dynamics and…
Read MoreDevil’s in Details in Selfie Taken by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover
The dust covering the rover is visual evidence of the rover’s journey on Mars: By the time the…
Read MoreNASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover to Take Bite Out of ‘Krokodillen’
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is exploring a new region of interest the team is calling “Krokodillen” that may…
Read MoreLeaving tracks on other worlds
Our rovers and astronauts leave tracks where they explore. But there’s always the possibility that those tracks —…
Read MoreNASA, French SWOT Satellite Offers Big View of Small Ocean Features
“Vertical currents move heat between the atmosphere and ocean, and in submesoscale eddies, can actually bring up heat…
Read MoreNASA’s Magellan Mission Reveals Possible Tectonic Activity on Venus
As members of NASA’s forthcoming VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) mission, Cascioli and his…
Read MoreNASA Observes First Visible-light Auroras at Mars
Due to the Red Planet’s lack of a global magnetic field, Mars has different types of auroras than…
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