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An illustration of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover deploying its supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows...
The faster a brown dwarf spins, the narrower the different-colored atmospheric bands on it likely become, as shown...
This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies...
This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies...
The OASIS project seeks to study fresh water aquifers in the desert as well as ice sheets in places like Greenland....
An illustration of MOXIE (Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment) and its components. An air pump pulls in carbon dioxide gas...
Visible near the center of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover in this illustration is the palm-size dome called the...
This illustration shows the unusual orbit of planet Kepler-413b around a close pair of orange and red dwarf stars....
This set of views illustrates capabilities of the Mast Camera MastCam instrument on NASA Mars Science Laboratory...
This illustration shows quasi-parallel top and quasi-perpendicular bottom magnetic field conditions at a planetary...
Illustration of the SLS Exploration Upper Stage, or EUS. This configuration of the rocket, with the Exploration...
Illustration of the SLS Exploration Upper Stage, or EUS. The Exploration Upper Stage will be used on the second...
This is a cutaway illustration of the Saturn V service module configuration. Packed with plumbing and tanks, the...
This is a cutaway illustration of the Saturn V command module (CM) configuration. The CM was crammed with some of...
The NASA developed Ares rockets, named for the Greek god associated with Mars, will return humans to the moon and...
Artist illustration of the X-59 taxiing on the runway.
Artist illustration of the X-59 landing on the runway.
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)....
This illustration shows one possible scenario for the hot, rocky exoplanet called 55 Cancri e, which is nearly two...
This illustration of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover indicates the placement of the spacecraft's two microphones. The...
Scientists have theorized on the origin of water plumes that are possibly erupting from Jupiter's moon Europa. This...
This colorful illustration depicts NASA's Perseverance Rover on Mars, where it landed in February 2021. The...
All spinning objects, from carousels to planets, generate centripetal force. If a planet rotates too fast, that...
This is an illustration showing a simulated view of NASA's InSight about to land on the surface of Mars. This view...