NASA scientists probe Earth-like planet for atmosphere, water

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

A 22-year-old NASA telescope is quietly falling toward Earth, and a $30 million robotic lifesaver is launching this week in a first-of-its-kind rescue

NASA prepares a robotic mission to rescue the aging Swift telescope before orbital decay brings the observatory back to Earth ...
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NASA’s risky bid to save Swift telescope before solar drag pulls it into Earth's atmosphere

NASA is preparing for a rescue that sounds more like a stunt than routine mission control: send a robot into orbit, find an ...
Phys.org

No Earth-like atmosphere found on exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star ...

NASA will conduct daring rescue mission to reposition telescope sinking into Earth's atmosphere

NASA officials and partners are trying to make history by repositioning the Swift telescope, which is actively sinking into ...
UPI

NASA targets sounding rocket's night launch for TOMEX+ Earth study

Aug. 26 (UPI) --NASA has set Tuesday for its next launch attempt of its TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission to take a peak at the Earth's atmosphere. U.S. citizens in the mid-Atlantic region may catch a ...
techtimes

NASA and Beyond: 5 Upcoming Missions to Explore Mysterious Venus

Venus, long called Earth's 'evil twin' for its toxic clouds and crushing heat, is drawing fresh global attention. After decades of neglect, five major missions from NASA, ESA, ISRO and Roscosmos are ...
AOL

NASA’s 1,300-pound Van Allen Probe A to blaze through atmosphere, plummet to Earth's surface within hours

Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, Nasa’s Van Allen Probe A is hurtling toward Earth, with its fiery re-entry set to slam into the atmosphere later tonight. While the risk of it harming anything on ...
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NASA atmospheric wave-studying mission releases data from first 3,000 orbits

Following the 3,000 th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission’s first trove of scientific data, crucial to ...