NASA Study Finds Life-Sparking Energy Source and Molecule at Enceladus
Scientists have known that the giant plume of ice grains and water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus is rich with organic compounds, some of…
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NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission
NASA’s NEOWISE has had a busy decade. Since its reactivated mission began on Dec. 13, 2013, the space telescope has discovered a once-in-a-lifetime comet, observed…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake
Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of…
Educating for the Skilled Trades
West40 explores pathways for students who are interested in pursuing careers in skilled trades. Host Chris Coffey is joined by Triton College faculty member Antigone…
NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions
NASA’s EMIT mission has created the first comprehensive maps of the world’s mineral dust-source regions, providing precise locations of 10 key minerals based on how…
Students Create Elaborate Homemade Machines for JPL Competition
Some 250 students hauled homemade machines they’d spent weeks honing to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday, Dec. 8, for the 24th…
NASA Helps Study One of the World’s Most Diverse Ecosystems
An international team of researchers spent October and November 2023 in the field studying one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas – South Africa’s…
NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on a roll. In the eight weeks since it left Earth on Oct. 13, the orbiter has performed one successful operation…
Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life
As part of the long-standing partnership between NASA and Google, NASA worked with Google Arts & Culture and artist Yiyun Kang to create an interactive…
NASA’s 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun
Most NASA missions feature one spacecraft or, occasionally, a few. The agency’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) is using half a dozen. This month,…
