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Rhythmic bedding in sedimentary bedrock within Becquerel crater on Mars

December 4, 2008

NASA Orbiter Finds Martian Rock Record With 10 Beats to the Bar

Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers, revealed in three-dimensional detail by a telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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artist concept of Mars Science Laboratory

December 4, 2008

Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled for 2011

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011.

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Tycho supernova remnant

December 3, 2008

Vivid Death of a Star

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope contributed to this view of the remains of a star whose death was witnessed on Earth centuries ago.

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Sumatra plate boundary

December 3, 2008

New Study Finds Sumatra Still at High Risk for Big Quake

Two large quakes beneath Sumatra in 2007 did not adequately relieve built-up stress, according to a study that includes a JPL researcher and radar data.

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Artist's depiction of the spacecraft fully deployed on the surface of Mars.

December 1, 2008

NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander

After nearly a month of daily checks to determine whether Martian NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander would be able to communicate again, the agency has stopped using its Mars orbiters to hail the lander and listen for its beep.

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artist concept of jets on Enceladus, Image copyright: Karl Kofoed

November 26, 2008

Enceladus Jets: Are They Wet or Just Wild?

Scientists continue to search for the cause of the geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

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artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

November 26, 2008

Public Presentation About Mars Orbiter's Images and Findings

Mars scientists will present dramatic images and key findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at a free evening program in Pasadena on Thursday, Dec. 4, celebrating completion of the mission's first two-year science phase.

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artist concept of Juno

November 24, 2008

NASA Prepares for New Juno Mission to Jupiter

NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter.

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artist concept of Dawn in space

November 20, 2008

Dawn Glides Into New Year

NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system today as scheduled.

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artist concept of glacier on Mars

November 20, 2008

NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on the Red Planet.

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Phoenix on Mars

Recovery Efforts Continue with Phoenix

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pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies

JPL's Hubble Camera Keeps on Clicking

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Kepler being built

Kepler Spacecraft Baked and Ready for More Tests

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Endeavour crater

Mars Rover to Head Toward Bigger Crater

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