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(Phys.org) --Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa. The mosaic of color images was obtained in the late 1990s by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. This ...

The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s. This is the color view of Europa fro...

Well, this is interesting: The folks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and SETI Institute have just released a remastered image of Jupiter's moon Europa, and it's breathtaking: That's not even full-res; click it to see it...

Here’s a disquieting thought for your weekend: Dark Energy Might Be Stealing the Glue Holding the Universe Together. A new invisibility cloak simultaneously works for heat flow and electrical... --

I know what you're thinking: this is not a normal day-in-the-life of a mineralogy graduate student. And you're right about that! I never dreamed that my love of rocks, crystals, and the atomic scale would lead me to be p...

After a decade of hard work, numerous twists and turns and ups and down, NASA's new Orion crew vehicle is finally and officially marching towards its maiden blastoff in less than two weeks time. The Orion spacecraft clea...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: The initial descent of the Rosetta mission's comet lander Philae was captured in a 3D image and in sound by instruments aboard the spacecraft.

From a dome in Hawai'i, six astronaut hopefuls are running an 8-month experiment into what life would be like on Mars.

When at Mars, bring a 3D printer.