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• Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch (2026/05/06 04:01)

  Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia. The post Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch appeared first on NASA Science.
• NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’ (2026/05/05 20:10)

  Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to capture this 360-degree panorama of a region nicknamed “Crocodile Bridge” on Jezero Crater’s rim. The panorama is made up of 980 images, 971 of which were taken on Dec. 18, 2025, the 1,717th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. An additional nine were […] The post NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’ appeared first on NASA Science.
• NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock (2026/05/05 17:58)

  Description This series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and running the drill a few times, finally detached the rock. The imagery showing the entire process was captured by the black-and-white hazard cameras […] The post NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock appeared first on NASA Science.
• NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe (2026/05/05 15:35)

  Description NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image from a distance of approximately 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) at a resolution of about 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) per pixel. Thebe resides […] The post NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe appeared first on NASA Science.
• Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors (2026/05/05 04:01)

  From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador. The post Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors appeared first on NASA Science.
• Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier (2026/05/04 04:01)

  Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly. The post Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier appeared first on NASA Science.
• Cyclone Rains Spur Papua New Guinea Landslides (2026/05/01 04:01)

  Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain. The post Cyclone Rains Spur Papua New Guinea Landslides appeared first on NASA Science.
• Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars (2026/04/30 18:19)

  Description Team members past and present from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter mission gathered on April 15, 2026, to celebrate 25 years since the spacecraft’s launch, which took place April 7, 2001. For the occasion, the team rolled out a giant global map of Mars created using imagery from Odyssey’s THEMIS (Thermal Emission Imaging System) […] The post Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars appeared first on NASA Science.