NASA’s new eyes: See the tech set to decode Mars and space weather

As Mars’ atmosphere continues to change, NASA activated a new instrument on Feb.25 to study how the Sun influences the planet and what drives space weather near Earth. NASA launched ESCAPADE, which ...
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars

Mars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today the Red Planet is cold, dry, and draped by a thin atmospheric veil. The main culprit is a relentless ...

42 years of measuring the sun, the Earth and the energy in between

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captures its closest-ever images of the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has slipped closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, and its latest flyby has now delivered the most intimate images ever captured of our star. The new views do more ...
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A NASA spacecraft is piercing the sun's scorching atmosphere right now

Parker Solar Probe reached "perihelion," the nearest point to the sun in its orbit, on Dec. 13, 2025. Credit: ASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben illustration A NASA spacecraft is making a close ...