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See the Solar Orbiter launch into space

Neanderthal cave discovery and more top space and science stories this week

Recent explosive volcanic deposit around a fissure of the Cerberus Fossae system.

Volcanoes could still be active on Mars

This newly hatched bamboo shark was born via artificial insemination.

Scientists bring to life nearly 100 baby sharks through artificial insemination

Rock Art at study site Leang Sakapao

The climate crisis is irrevocably damaging the world's oldest cave art

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of "Santa Cruz," a hill about 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) away from the rover, on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The entire scene is inside of Mars' Jezero Crater; the crater's rim can be seen on the horizon line beyond the hill.
This scene is not white balanced; instead, it is displayed in a preliminary calibrated version of a natural-color composite, approximately simulating the colors of the scene as it would appear to a person on Mars. An enhanced color version is also included.

Perseverance rover is ready to unlock the history of Mars

This ultraviolet image of Jupiter was created from data captured on 11 January 2017 using the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. (also known as Oval BA) absorb ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and therefore appear dark in this view.

New images of Jupiter reveal some of the planet's mysterious features

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma, or ionized gas, that was ejected by the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago. The environment inside our solar bubble is dominated by the plasma exhausted by our sun, known as the solar wind.

The interstellar plasma is shown with an orange glow similar to the color seen in visible-light images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope that show stars in the Orion nebula traveling through interstellar space.

The Voyager spacecraft were built and continue to be operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. The Voyager missions are a part of NASA's Heliophysics System Observatory, sponsored by the Heliophysics Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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2013-09-12

Voyager spacecraft detects 'persistent hum' beyond our solar system

A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft. Appearing in the scene are several bright-white "pop-up" clouds as well as an anticyclonic storm, known as a white oval.
This color-enhanced image was taken at 1:58 p.m. PDT on Oct. 29, 2018 (4:58 p.m. EDT) as the spacecraft performed its 16th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, Juno was about 4,400 miles (7,000 kilometers) from the planet's cloud tops, at a latitude of approximately 40 degrees north.

Look at these stunning images of Jupiter

Cool unmanned space missions

This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth.

NASA spacecraft carrying history-making asteroid sample now heading toward Earth

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Yuriko Nakao/AFLO/Shutterstock (11679198c)
In this photo illustration, visual representations of digital cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin and Bitcoin are arranged
Cryptocurrency, Katwijk, Netherlands - 04 Jan 2021

SpaceX claims it will accept dogecoin as payment for an upcoming moon mission

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How 'Star Trek' legend Nichelle Nichols helped shape a diverse future for NASA