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NASA has released the first significant findings from the Parker Solar Probe's first two close encounters with the Sun that began in November 2018. Four new studies outline how the spacecraft has both confirmed theories and sprung a few surprises.

Having nearly completed its long journey to the asteroid Bennu and collected a couple of orbital records along the way, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is now being readied for its most critical maneuver, sample collection.

While NASA's TESS satellite was staring off into the depths of interstellar space, the comet 46P/Wirtanen wandered into view. The satellite managed to catch an explosive outburst from the comet in more detail than ever seen before.

When NASA's first manned Artemis mission lifts off, the astronauts aboard will be equipped with second-gen GPS emergency beacons that provide a faster and more accurate locator fix for rescue services. The technology will be available to the public in a few years.

An instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons is sending back data that could help scientists predict when the unmanned deep-space probe will reach interstellar space. Using the SWAP instrument, scientists are learning more about the solar winds.

NASA has pinpointed India’s missing Vikram lander through the lens of its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, bringing an end to a three-month search for the fragmented spacecraft, with fresh images revealing its exact whereabouts.

A joint study by NASA and the French space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), has used space-based lasers to produce the first global study of the great migration of tiny marine animals that takes place twice every day.

NASA has unveiled its latest concept for a mid-sized lunar lander designed to deliver payloads of up to 300 kg (660 lb) to the Moon's polar regions. The unmanned "pallet" lander is designed to carry a variety of experiments and instruments.

The 2018 global dust storm on Mars that killed the Opportunity rover is providing scientists with new insights into how the Red Planet may have lost its atmosphere over billions of years due to dust towers that storms push as high as 50 mi (80 km).

Real-time information from NASA's SMAP spacecraft is being sent to the Air Force's Air Force HQ 557th Weather Wing to improve weather forecasts, warnings and advisories that are more relevant to military operations in all theaters.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has been stacked atop its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launcher in preparation for its December 17, 2019 liftoff. It will undergo final tests before transport to the Space Launch Complex-41 launch pad.

The latest ingredients of life to be discovered off-world are certain bio-essential sugars, which have now been found in meteorites. This could lend weight to the idea that meteorite impacts are responsible for the origin of life on Earth.