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Webb mail: US Priority Mail stamps to again star deep space images in 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The universe of U.S. postage stamps featuring James Webb Space Telescope imagery is set to expand again in 2025. The U.S. Postal Service revealed its Priority Mail and Express flat rate stamps.
Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night
By Leonard David published
NASA has begun blueprinting the Endurance rover to traverse the gigantic South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, a wonderland of promising geological surprises.
NASA astronaut uses homemade star tracker to take incredible deep space photo from ISS
By Stefanie Waldek published
NASA astronaut Don Pettit's latest photography from the International Space Station showcases not only his visual prowess, but also his engineering skills.
Up and over! NASA's Mars rover Perseverance reaches rim of its Jezero Crater home (video)
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Perseverance rover has summited the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, a climb of 1,640 vertical feet that took about 3.5 months.
What causes volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists aren't so sure anymore
By Keith Cooper published
New measurements from NASA's Juno probe have seemingly put to bed the possibility of a magma ocean beneath the surface of Io.
'Grand' spiral galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope photo
By Samantha Mathewson published
A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Dramatic changes on Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter revealed in 10 years of Hubble Telescope images (video)
By Josh Dinner published
The space agency has learned a lot over 10 years observing the weather of our solar system's outer planets.
After accident on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years
By Brett Tingley published
Ingenuity may never fly above the surface of Mars again, but the downed helicopter is otherwise healthy and could serve as a weather station for decades, JPL says.
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