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NASA Experts Discuss Russia Meteor in Media Teleconference Today



NASA experts will hold a teleconference for news media at 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST) today to discuss a meteor that streaked through the skies over Russia's Urals region this morning.



Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview Appearance

This animated set of three images depicts asteroid 2012 DA14 as it was seen on Feb. 14, 2013

Asteroid 2012 DA14, set to make its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 15, is captured in early images from Australia.



NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid

Diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013.

NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14.



National Space Club Honors Mars Curiosity

This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover

The National Space Club will honor NASA's Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team with three awards, including the prestigious Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy.



Study Sheds New Light on Arctic Sea Ice Volume Losses

Sun glint off a sea ice lead in an otherwise heavily ridged ice pack, Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean).

New research by scientists from NASA and other agencies shows Arctic sea ice volume declined 36 percent in the autumn and nine percent in the winter over the last decade.



JPL to Lead U.S. Science Team for Dark Energy Mission

This artist's concept shows the Euclid spacecraft.

The European Space Agency has selected three NASA-nominated science teams to participate in their planned Euclid mission, including one led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.



NASA Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East

Variations in total water storage from normal, in millimeters, in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins

A new study from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade.



Mars Rock Takes Unusual Form

A shiny-looking Martian rock is visible in this image

On Mars, as on Earth, sometimes things can take on an unusual appearance. A case in point is a shiny-looking rock seen in a recent image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.