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Spitzer Celebrates Fourth Anniversary with Celestial Fireworks
A newly expanded image of the Helix nebula lends a festive touch to the fourth anniversary of the launch of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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NASA Sees Santa Barbara Wildfires
This image shows the Zaca fire, which continues to burn in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara, Calif.
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New Study Links Sunspot Activity, Heavy Rains in East Africa
A new study co-authored by a JPL researcher shows that sunspot cycles can be used to predict heavy rains, flooding and subsequent outbreaks of disease in East Africa.
› Release from Paul Smith's College →
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New Tool Uses NASA Data To Show Changes in Earth's Landscape
A new tool from the U.S. Geological Survey uses NASA satellite data to depict changes to Earth's surface over the past 30 years.
› USGS release →
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New NASA Airs Data to Aid Weather, Climate Research
A key contributor to this new generation of climate change research tools is the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, or AIRS, instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
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Probing Titan's Surface West of Huygens
Cassini successfully completed a flyby of Titan on July 19.
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Cassini Finds Saturn's 60th Moon
Scientists have recently discovered that the planet Saturn is turning 60 - not years, but moons.
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NASA To Study Underexplored Earth Atmospheric Region
JPL will participate in a NASA summer study of a largely unexplored region of Earth's atmosphere that has implications for climate change and atmospheric ozone.
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Cassini Sees the Sun Set and Rise on Titan
Cassini is getting ready for its next Titan flyby.
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer Spies Band of Stars
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer's ultraviolet eyes have captured a globular star cluster, called NGC 362, in our own Milky Way galaxy.
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Spitzer Searches for the Origins of Life
Astronomers suspect the early Earth was a very harsh place.
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High-Resolution Images From Mars Orbiter Available Online →
Explore hundreds of sweeping images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with new user-friendly features at the Web site of the mission's high-resolution camera.
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Satellites Track Human Exposure to Fine Particle Pollution
The unique abilities of NASA instruments to track tiny particles of air pollution may aid public health efforts.
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Cassini to View Titan from Bottom to Top
Cassini's science instruments will conduct observations of Titan during the May 28, 2007, flyby.
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Cassini to Confirm if 'Caspian Sea' Is Liquid-Filled
Cassini successfully completed a flyby of Titan on April 10, 2007.
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JPL Instrument Maps Carbon Dioxide From Space →
JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft is being used by scientists to observe atmospheric carbon dioxide. This global map shows concentrations of carbon dioxide in the troposphere (about eight kilometers, or five miles, above Earth).
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Cassini Radar Images Sea, Islands and Mountains
During Cassini's most recent flyby of Titan on May 12, 2007, the radar instrument imaged a large sea and its coastline, with numerous island groups and mountains.
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Baby Stars Hatching in Orion's Head
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of Orion, the famous hunter constellation visible from northern hemispheres during winter nights.
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CloudSat Tracks Atlantic Hurricane Season's First Named 2007 Storm →
Two NASA satellites flew over the center of then Subtropical Storm Andrea Wednesday, May 9, off the U.S. southeast coast. In the CloudSat image (bottom), brighter colors indicate more water in the clouds.
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Organic Brewery Found High in Titan's Atmosphere →
Tholins, complex organic molecules fundamental to prebiotic chemistry, are apparently forming at a much higher altitude, and in different ways than expected, in Titan’s atmosphere. These results appear in this week’s issue of the journal Science.