NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

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The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has made valuable ...

An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the Sun. The spacecraft’s unique ...

What does it mean when a comet carries more carbon dioxide than water?” This question is now at the heart of the most unprecedented observation campaign in history in response to the passage of an ...

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An artist's concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has completed initial commissioning of its ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS), which will ...

New images shared from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission show Mars in stunning ultraviolet wavelengths. The MAVEN spacecraft used its imaging ultraviolet spectrograph ...

SAN ANTONIO — Oct. 9, 2007 — Dramatic changes in the atmospheric density of Jupiter’s moon Io and its interaction with Jupiter’s magnetosphere during solar eclipse were observed through Io’s aurora on ...

New global images of Mars from NASA’s MAVEN mission being led by CU Boulder show the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail, revealing dynamic, previously invisible ...

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