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Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago.

Scientists have announced that samples collected by Curiosity are rich in a type of carbon associated with biological processes on Earth.

The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, the Moon after Yule, and the Old Moon.

This page showcases our resources for those interested in learning more about Venus.

Deploying a new space telescope; deflecting an asteroid with a spacecraft; and visiting a metal-rich asteroid. NASA has a busy 2022 calendar.

Our 2021 round-up of NASA planetary science is packed with the year’s most spectacular images, ground-breaking discoveries, and incredible mission events.

An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members.

The camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft imaged Saturn on Oct. 13, 2021.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed this year's grand tour of the outer solar system.

The next full Moon is the Beaver Moon, and there will be a near-total lunar eclipse.

Short for Venus Mass Spectrometer, VMS is one of five instruments aboard the DAVINCI descent probe.

New Juno findings provide a fuller picture of Jupiter’s colorful atmospheric features, and offer clues about what's below the clouds.

27 years have passed since NASA’s Magellan mission last orbited Venus. Here are ten mysteries of Venus that NASA scientists are still grappling with.

JPL's lucky peanuts are an unofficial tradition at big mission events.

The next full Moon is the Hunter's Moon, the Travel Moon, and the Lucy Moon.

A new paper details how the hydrological cycle of the now-dry lake at Jezero Crater is more complicated than originally thought.

The lander cleared enough dust from one solar panel to keep its seismometer on through the summer, allowing scientists to study three big quakes.

This year, the minimum extent of Arctic sea ice dropped to 1.82 million square miles (4.72 million square kilometers).

Researchers will use Webb to observe 17 actively forming planetary systems.

Scientists found evidence that an area on Mars called Arabia Terra had thousands of "super eruptions" over a 500-million-year period.

The Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon, the Fruit Moon, the Barley Moon, and the Corn Moon.

Perseverance successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region.

Data received late Sept. 1, 2021, from NASA’s Perseverance rover indicate the team has achieved its goal of successfully coring a Mars rock.

The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill.

Drought is a complicated problem that requires lots of data. Satellites from NASA and its partners help collect that data.