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May 27, 2008 CHARM Telecon
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May 27, 2008
History of Saturn's Rings
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A simplified visualization of Saturn's magnetic field, or magnetosphere.
Saturn's Magnetic Field (Magnetosphere)
This image of asteroid 2015 TB145, a dead comet, was generated using radar data collected by the National Science Foundation's 1,000-foot (305-meter) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The radar i...
Dead Comet
Chuck Berry (left) and Carl Sagan (right) at a Voyager 2 Neptune flyby celebration in August 1989.
Chuck Berry and Carl Sagan
This book is a chronicle of our attempts to send these robotic travelers beyond Earth orbit, to the Moon, to other planets and their moons, to the Sun, to comets, to minor planets, to dwarf planets...
Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration
Too anxious to wait for the first official Mariner 4 processed image from Mars, employees attached these strips side by side to a display panel and hand colored the numbers like a paint-by-numbers ...
First Digital Image from Space (Mariner 4-Mars)
Large Block Detached from Urvara Crater's Rim
Large Block Detached from Urvara Crater's Rim
Complex Pattern on the Floor of Occator Crater
Complex Pattern on the Floor of Occator Crater
Base of Occator Crater's Eastern Wall Next to the Vinalia Faculae
Base of Occator Crater's Eastern Wall Next to the Vinalia Faculae
Large Block Along the Ridge of Urvara Crater
Large Block Along the Ridge of Urvara Crater
Fracture Pattern on the Floor of Occator Crater
Fracture Pattern on the Floor of Occator Crater
Fracture Network on the Floor of Occator Crater
Fracture Network on the Floor of Occator Crater
Deep Fractures in Occator Crater
Deep Fractures in Occator Crater
Mass Wasting Features Along Occator Crater's Rim
Mass Wasting Features Along Occator Crater's Rim
Occator Crater on Ceres' Limb -- Long Exposure
Occator Crater on Ceres' Limb -- Long Exposure
Occator Crater on Ceres' Limb -- Short Exposure
Occator Crater on Ceres' Limb -- Short Exposure
A printout of Mariner 2 data sent back from Venus during the first-ever close visit to another planet.
Mariner 2: First to Explore Another Planet
A long, brown oval known as a "brown barge" in Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Juno Captures Elusive 'Brown Barge'
A simplified model of Jupiter's massive magnetic field, known as a magnetosphere.
Jupiter's Magnetic Field Visualization
This mosaic of images from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the impact crater Hokusai on Mercury.
The Impressive Rays of Hokusai
The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period on Feb. 24, 2015, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
Brief Outburst
This NASA poster set showcases the beauty of our solar system and beyond.
Solar System and Beyond Poster Set
NASA’s Terra satellite caught a glimpse of plumes rising from two volcanoes in January 2018.
Plumes Over the Kamchatka Peninsula
NASA's Galileo spacecraft caught Jupiter's moon Io, the planet’s third-largest moon, undergoing a volcanic eruption.
Galileo Sees Io Erupt
This image is from the last sequence of images NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained of the giant asteroid Vesta, looking down at Vesta's north pole as it was departing.
A Last Look Back at Vesta
This color picture is made from images taken by the imaging system on NASA Galileo spacecraft about 14 minutes before its closest approach to asteroid 243 Ida on August 28, 1993.
Ida and Dactyl in Enhanced Color
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Caltech researchers discover a new mechanism for describing planet formation, stellar winds and more.
How the Seeds of Planets Take Shape
The next full Moon will be on Wednesday mid-day, October 24, 2018.
The Next Full Moon is the Hunter's Moon
NASA has announced a call for Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads that will fly to the Moon on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020.
NASA Calls for Instruments, Technologies for Delivery to the Moon
Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts will convene just north of Los Angeles later this week to present, discuss and deliberate the future landing site for NASA's next Red Planet rover – Mars 2020.
Scientists to Debate Landing Site for Next Mars Rover
NASA's Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system.
NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
Cassini's Grand Finale orbits pay off: Final dives tell the story of the previously unexplored region between Saturn and its rings
Groundbreaking Science Emerges from Ultra-Close Orbits of Saturn
