NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken by Cassini and MESSENGER
Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions…
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Carl Sagan’s Iconic “Cosmos” Series Soon to Be Reborn
33 years ago, a seminal cosmology series hit TV screens. That was the PBS produced Cosmos series hosted by Carl Sagan. If you’re under 30, you…
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Martian Valleys Likely Caused by Ancient Snowfall
First it was fresh toboggan tracks on Mars, now it’s evidence that it snowed there, albeit a billion years ago. Rather than water bubbling up from…
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Could There Be Hope in Getting the Kepler Space Telescope Working Again?
On Wednesday (July 24), some cautiously optimistic news from the team attempting to recover NASA’s stricken Kepler space telescope was announced. The recovery effort, which began…
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NASA Orion Capsule Passes New Parachute Test
A complicated, high-altitude test Wednesday demonstrated NASA’s new Orion spacecraft could land safely even if one of its parachutes failed. The 10th in a series of…
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Gas Emission From Comet Ison Seen by Spitzer Space Telescope
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the…
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Want to Know What It’s Like to Fly Through Hebes Chasma on Mars?
Glide through part of the largest canyon on Mars, Valles Marineris, in this stunning colour movie from ESA’s Mars Express. Valles Marineris is not just the…
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Take Part in the “Wave to Saturn” Interplanetary Photobomb Event Tomorrow
Consider it the first interplanetary photobomb. On July 19th, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will photograph Earth through the rings of Saturn–and NASA wants you to jump into…
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Across the world, children fall asleep under the faint light from glow-in-the-dark astronomy stickers. Though undeniably adorable, these ceiling planetariums are too jam-packed to be realistic. You’d…
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With the help of rover Curiosity, we now know that ancient Mars had large quantities of liquid water flowing across its surface. However, evidence for large…
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