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Hundreds of people have put nearly 10 years of work into developing NASA's most advanced robotic explorer yet, the Perseverance rover, and the moment is almost here.
Explore Jezero Crater, the future home of NASA's Perseverance rover CNN 2/16/2021 © NASA/JPL-Caltech This is an illustration of the Perseverance rover exploring inside Jezero Crater. The Perseverance rover is the fifth robotic explorer sent by NASA to journey across the Martian surface, but it's going to land in a spot that has never been attempted by the agency: Jezero Crater. The crater is incredibly intriguing to scientists because it's possible that life may have existed in an ancient lake that filled the crater 3.9 billion years ago. But it's also a dangerous site full of hazards --...
These 7 Earth-size exoplanets named after beer may be incredibly similar CNN 1/26/2021 © NASA This graphic shows the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. Just 40 light-years from Earth is a planetary system that has intrigued scientists since its discovery in 2016. While some of the planets in this system will be observed by the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in October, researchers continue to uncover new details that make TRAPPIST-1 even more distinct. The planets, which are too small and faint to be seen by any current ground or space-based telescopes, have such si...
Great conjunction 2020: Watch for the 'Christmas Star' as Jupiter and Saturn come closer than they have in centuries CNN 12/21/2020 By Ashley Strickland, CNN © NASA/Bill Ingalls Saturn (top) and Jupiter (below) are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park, Sunday, December 13, in Luray, Virginia. The two largest planets in our solar system are coming closer together than they have been since the Middle Ages, and it's happening just in time for Christmas -- hence the nickname of the "Christmas Star." While it's not an actual star, the two planets will certainly make...
Great conjunction 2020: Watch for the 'Christmas Star' as Jupiter and Saturn come closer than they have in centuries CNN 12/21/2020 By Ashley Strickland, CNN © NASA/Bill Ingalls Saturn (top) and Jupiter (below) are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park, Sunday, December 13, in Luray, Virginia. The two largest planets in our solar system are coming closer together than they have been since the Middle Ages, and it's happening just in time for Christmas -- hence the nickname of the "Christmas Star." While it's not an actual star, the two planets will certainly make...