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This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover

October 26, 2012

NASA Oct. 30 Telecon About Mars Curiosity Progress

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

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NASA UAVSAR image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, collected June 23, 2010.

October 25, 2012

NASA Radar Penetrates Thick, Thin of Gulf Oil Spill

Researchers at JPL and Caltech have developed a method to use a specialized NASA 3-D imaging radar to characterize the oil in oil spills like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill.

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Scooped Material on Rover's Observation Tray

October 25, 2012

Assessing Drop-Off to Mars Rover's Observation Tray

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 78th sol (Oct. 24, 2012) to view soil material on the rover's observation tray.

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These red, orange and green clouds (false color) in Saturn's northern hemisphere indicate the tail end of a  massive storm

October 25, 2012

NASA's Cassini Sees Burp at Saturn After Large Storm

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn.

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Spitzer Sees Stray Starlight (Artist's Concept)

October 24, 2012

NASA's Spitzer Sees Light of Lonesome Stars

A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light seen across the entire sky.

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Pointing X-ray Eyes at our Resident Supermassive Black Hole

October 23, 2012

NASA's NuSTAR Spots Flare From Milky Way's Black Hole

NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.

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Laser Hit on Martian Sand Target, Before and After

October 22, 2012

Curiosity Rover Collects Fourth Scoop of Martian Soil

NASA's rover Curiosity shook a scoopful of sand inside its sample-handling mechanism on Sol 75 (Oct. 21, 2012) as the third scrubbing of interior surfaces of the mechanism.

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Tilt maps, epicenter and HAZUS critical infrastructure information from E-DECIDER

October 18, 2012

JPL Scientists Participate in ShakeOut Exercises

Two JPL-developed projects designed to assist in response to earthquake disasters participated in exercises tied to today's Great California ShakeOut quake drill.

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Curiosity's First Three Bites Into Martian Ground

October 18, 2012

Mars Soil Sample Delivered for Analysis Inside Rover

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.

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In September 1997, powerful Hurricane Linda, shown in this NASA rendering created with data from the NOAA GOES-9 satellite

October 17, 2012

Could a Hurricane Ever Strike Southern California?

California has its share of disasters, like earthquakes, fires and floods. But what are the odds a hurricane could ever strike here? Turns out the concept isn't exactly all wet.

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