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New NASA research found that large crevasses provide aquifer water upstream of Greenland's Helheim Glacier with a...
This hole, with a diameter slightly smaller than a U.S. dime, was drilled by NASA Curiosity Mars rover into a rock...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of layered, flaky rocks believed to have formed in an ancient...
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the north-facing wall of a moat-like depression in the...
S72-53950 (November 1972) --- The transmitter of the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed...
Gravity or density-driven convection occurs as protein molecules incorporate into a crystal lattice from the...
Justin Hall, left, and Robert “Red” Jensen, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, add...
This VIS image is located on the South Polar cap. The linear features are the steep side of a polar trough. At...
This artist's rendering showing a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus. NASA's Cassini...
iss059e005614 (Match 29, 2019) -- NASA astronaut Anne McClain displays a spacesuit glove that is part of an...
Today's VIS image shows part of the northern cliff face of Ophir Chasma. The bottom of the image is covered in...
Lockheed NC-130B STOL turboprop-powered aircraft with ailerons drooped 30 degrees. Note trailing-edge flaps...
SCI2017_0003: The column of material at and just below the surface of dwarf planet Ceres (box) – the top layer...
S65-60035 (6 Dec. 1965) --- The new light-weight spacesuit planned for possible use during the Gemini-7 mission is...
The South Polar residual cap is composed of carbon dioxide ice that persists through each Martian summer. However,...
Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Firsoff Crater. Located in Arabia Terra, Firsoff Crater, and the...
This 1970 photograph shows Skylab's Ultraviolet (UV) Airglow Horizon Photography experiment. It was an astrophysics...
Some seasonal ice on Mars is transparent so that the sunlight penetrates to the bottom of the ice. Heat from this...
Today's VIS image shows part of the central region of Hebes Chasma. The floor of this closed basin filled with...
This part of Melas Chasma has been the target for many previous HiRISE images due to its diversity of terrains and...
This VIS image is located on the South Polar Cap. A trough crosses the center of the image, showing the layered...
This video clip shows a 3D printing technique where a printer head scans over each layer of a part, blowing metal...
Today's VIS image shows a cross section of Gale Crater, including part of the large layered deposit on the crater...
This image shows the very steep outer scarp of the north polar layered deposits. Every year there is a lot of slope...