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What are some skywatching highlights in December 2020?
The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
To prepare the Perseverance rover for its date with Mars, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team conducted a wide array of tests to help ensure a successful entry, descent and landing at the Red Planet.
The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time.
What are some skywatching highlights in November 2020?
What are some skywatching highlights in October 2020? Not one, but two, full moons; Mars at opposition; and finding the Andromeda galaxy.
What are some skywatching highlights in September 2020? Spot the Moon together with Mars and Venus, along with the flickering star Fomalhaut, which had itself a planet...until it didn't!
What are some skywatching highlights in August 2020? See the Moon posing with various planets throughout the month, plus catch the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars today by successfully launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket.
To get ready for the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, NASA invited the public to join a global, collective #CountdownToMars project.
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is heading to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life, collect samples for future return to Earth and help pave the way for human exploration.
In February 2020, NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars by first traveling across the United States.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history's first attempt at powered flight on another planet next spring.
What's Up for July? How about some moons with those giant planets? Mars after midnight. And are the stars of Mars the same as ours?
What are some skywatching highlights you can see in June 2020? Look for the Summer Triangle rising in the east after sundown, keep tabs on the morning planets and June 20 brings the solstice.
Getting a Mars rover built, tested and to the launch pad is a feat that requires the dedication of hundreds of team members.
Watch as NASA-JPL engineers test the Sample Caching System on the Perseverance Mars rover.
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to the Red Planet.
By chilling atom clouds to just above absolute zero, or the coldest temperature matter can reach, Cold Atom Lab enables scientists to directly observe unique atomic behaviors.
What astronomy highlights can you see in the sky in May 2020? Venus, Sirius and the Milky Way. With so many of us staying home these days, here's a look into the sky at dusk and dawn.
Where did life originate on Earth? Could the process hold clues for finding life elsewhere?
What are some astronomy highlights in the sky in April 2020? This month, Venus visits the Pleiades; Mars, Jupiter and Saturn begin their breakup; and we ask, "What is the Moon illusion?"
NASA Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada guides this tour of the rover's view of the Martian surface.
Looking for astronomy highlights for March 2020? This month, early risers enjoy a planetary grouping of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the early morning sky.
Collecting samples from Mars and bringing them back to Earth is a historic undertaking that starts with the launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
What are the skywatching highlights of February 2020?
After 16 years of unveiling the infrared universe, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has left a singular legacy.
A new NASA-funded planet-hunting instrument has been installed on the WIYN telescope, on Arizona’s Kitt Peak.
What are the skywatching highlights of January 2020?
On Dec. 17, 2019, engineers took NASA’s next Mars rover for its first spin.
Finding black rocks in the darkness of space isn’t easy, but new methods could help spot them all.
Finding black rocks in the darkness of space isn’t easy, but new methods could help spot them all.
Every year, intrepid Antarctica explorers hunt for space rocks that have fallen to Earth.
What can you see in the December sky? Beautiful pairings of Venus, Saturn and Mars with the crescent Moon throughout the month, at sunrise and sunset.
Every year, intrepid Antarctica explorers hunt for space rocks that have fallen to Earth.
What's in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
What's in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Could Mars ever have supported life?
See how the odd orbits Neptune's inner moons Naiad and Thalassa enable them to avoid each other, as they race around the planet. Researchers call it a "dance of avoidance."
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
Why are missions like OSIRIS-REx bringing pieces of an asteroid back home?
Why are missions like OSIRIS-REx bringing pieces of an asteroid back home?
Highlights of the November sky include how to watch as Mercury transits the Sun.
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
If a big asteroid is heading our way, how does NASA prepare for the oncoming disaster?
If a big asteroid is heading our way, how does NASA prepare for the oncoming disaster?
What happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth?
What happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth?
Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?
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