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A plume of methane – a potent greenhouse gas about 80 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than...
This close-up view of a mineral vein called Homestake comes from the microscopic imager on NASA Mars Exploration...
Mars scientists have several important hypotheses about how these minerals may reflect changes in the amount of...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover generated this mineral map showing the presence of two minerals – vivianite (purple...
This global, colorized image of the giant asteroid Vesta from NASA Dawn mission reveals how the minerals are...
This image from NASA Dawn mission shows the varied minerals on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta in false color.
This colorized map from NASA Dawn mission shows the types of rocks and minerals distributed around the surface of...
Examination of a calcium sulfate vein called "Diyogha" by the Chemical and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's...
This view from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a close-up of a...
B-roll, animations, and soundbites for media and public use. Soon to be operating from the International Space...
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows bedrock units with diverse colors indicating...
Mawrth Vallis is a place on Mars that has fascinated scientists because of the clays and other hydrated minerals...
The CRISM, a mineral mapping instrument on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, began observing Mars after its lens...
This plot of data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescopes shows that asteroid dust around a dead white dwarf star...
Color differences in this daytime infrared image taken by NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft represent differences in the...
This image of an outcrop at the Sheepbed locality, taken by NASA Curiosity Mars rover shows well-defined veins...
This image, using data from NASA Galileo mission, shows the first detection of clay-like minerals on the surface of...
This scanning electron microscope image shows speroidal features embedded in a layer of iddingsite, a mineral formed...
When composited into a global mosaic, the images from LROC's wide angle lens can show the mineral content and...
Color differences in this daytime infrared image taken by the camera on NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft represent...
This map, made from data obtained by NASA Dawn spacecraft, shows the distribution of pyroxene, an iron- and...
Decades of work preparing a miniaturized laboratory for identifying minerals on Mars have also yielded spinoff...
This image of asteroid Vesta is one of many images taken by NASA Dawn spacecraft to create an animation showing the...
This image shows a comet particle collected by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft. The particle is made up of the silicate...