Aug 21, 2018 | Updated: 02:47 PM EDT

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A curtain of glowing gas is wrapped around Jupiter's north pole on Dec. 19, 2000 in a Hubble telescope photo

May 23, 2017

A Joint Research Finds Radioactive Decay is Able to Support Extraterrestrial Life

The research from two institutions has found that the radiation from rocky cores could break up water molecule and support the microbe that consumes hydrogen.
The Rapid Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph (RAISE) is shown after completing the test before going to the launch pad.

May 23, 2017

NASA Launches Another Sounding Rocket Carrying Spectrograph For Sun Observation

NASA has launched another sounding rocket on Friday. This is the third one carrying spectrograph launched to observe the sun and finding some answers.
The picture of Martian soil as taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Jan. 6, 2003.

May 23, 2017

Mars' 400-million-year Lull Discovered By Researchers

Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Arizon has discovered Mars' millions-year-old lull in large impacts in the Martian history.

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