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Curiosity Rover in Space

NASA Fixes Computer Glitch on Mars-Bound Rover
The spacecraft once again has the Red Planet in its sights. Read More »

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Big NASA Budget Cuts to Slash Mars Missions, Experts Say

Sun-Watching Spacecraft Sees 40,000 Solar Flares in 10 Years

Dead Spacecraft on Mars Spotted in New Photos

Mystery of Britain's Largest Meteorite Solved

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Lunar Surface Robot Departs

See artist's illustrations of potential gateway...

The Mars Express spacecraft's MARSIS collects data on the subsurface of Mars.

Europe's Mars Express probe was launched in Jun...

With hardware from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station appearing in the near foreground, a night time European panorama reveals city lights from Belgium and the Netherlands at bottom center. The picture was taken by members of the space station

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Eros in color

See photos of the asteroid Eros taken by NASA's...

Voyager 1 took photos of Jupiter and two of its satellites (Io, left, and Europa). The new study says that moons orbiting a gas giant planet greater than 8 Jupiter masses could help astronomers detect a rogue planet.

Jupiter is a giant among the solar system plane...

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Artist's illustration of XCOR Aerospace's Lynx spacecraft launching with science payload.

1st Prize at Science Conference: Free Trip to ...

The registration deadline to win a trip on XCOR Aerospace's Lynx space plane is Feb. 10.
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Black Hole Asteroids

Our Galaxy's Giant Black Hole May Munch on Ast...

The supermassive black hole is spewing out X-ray flares on a daily basis.
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global ice melt

NASA Satellites Show How Our Icy World Is Melting

For the first time satellite data provides a comprehensive picture of melting ice.
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Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4449

Small Twisted Galaxy Warped by Galactic 'Steal...

A newfound galaxy looks like it was slammed into head-on.
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Components are placed on a flatbed trailer for the trip off Kitt Peak. All critical optics and electronics were shrink-wrapped and went down in a covered semi. Everything will be transferred to an enclosed trailer for the cross-country trip. In the backgr

Solar Telescope Instrument Gets Recycled for N...

The Fourier Transform Spectrometer is being shipped to Virginia from Arizona.
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Infrared view of the Carina Nebula.

Hidden Secrets of Majestic Nebula Revealed in ...

The Carina nebula is home to several of the brightest and most massive known stars.
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Life on Moons: Antarctic Lake Shows How to Find It

Life on Moons: Antarctic Lake Shows How to Find It

Russian scientists have drilled 13,000 feet below Antarctica to the Lake Vostok, sealed off to the world for at least 14 million years, and if life can be found there, it may be possible in similar condition...

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Sun Flare Jumps 15 Million Degrees - Process Anatomized By NASA Satellite

Sun Flare Jumps 15 Million Degre...

The Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imag...

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Galactic Black Hole Eats Asteroids For Breakfast – Really

Galactic Black Hole Eats Asteroi...

X-Ray flares recorded by the Chandra Observator...

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Einstein Disco: Space-Aged Mirrored Ball To Study Relativity Prediction

Einstein Disco: Space-Aged Mirro...

One of the payloads aboard the inaugural flight...

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How To Land On A Comet

How To Land On A Comet

Europe's Rosetta mission ultimate goal is to sh...

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Stellar Nursery Secrets Unraveled In Infrared

Stellar Nursery Secrets Unravele...

The star-forming Carina Nebula has been a subje...

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Girl Launches MIT Admission Letter to Near Space

Girl Launches MIT Admission Lett...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has b...

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In Zero-G Static Electricity Walks On Water

In Zero-G Static Electricity Wal...

Astronaut Don Pettit demonstrated the laws of s...

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Sun's Super Bowl Spitfire: Pre-Game Solar Fireworks

Sun's Super Bowl Spitfire: Pre-G...

The Sun unleashed a whipping filament hundreds ...

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Oh Eros: Valentine's Day Asteroid Makes NEAR Fly-by

Oh Eros: Valentine's Day Asteroi...

The 21-mile long 'God of Love' space rock made ...

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