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‘Disk Detective’ Needs Your Help Finding Disks Where Planets Form

Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Planets form from gas and dust particles swirling around baby stars in enormous spinning disks. But because this process takes millions of years, scientists can only learn about these disks by finding and studying a lot of different examples. Through a project called Disk Detective, you can help.Link: Learn...

How to See Comet NEOWISE

Portal origin URL: How to See Comet NEOWISEPortal origin nid: 462743Published: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 11:53Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: How to See Comet NEOWISEPortal image: Comet NEOWISE - Credit: Bill...

6 Things to Know About NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

Portal origin URL: 6 Things to Know About NASA's Ingenuity Mars HelicopterPortal origin nid: 462741Published: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 11:16Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The first helicopter attempting to fly on another planet is a marvel of engineering. Get up to speed with these key facts about its plans.Portal image: In this illustration,...

Exploring a New Approach for Measuring Water Vapor on Earth and Mars

PROJECT Vapor Inside-cloud Profiling Radar (VIPR) and WAter Sounding Short-range Radar (WASSR) SNAPSHOT NASA researchers are exploring a new radar-based method to map water vapor both in Earth’s atmosphere and near the surface of Mars. Some members of the VIPR/WASSR team preparing to test a VIPR from an aircraft (from left to right: Jose Siles, Richard Roy, Luis Millán, and Ken...