New Moon Discovered Orbiting Neptune
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet. The moon,…
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Could Alien Probes Be Patrolling the Galaxy?
Computer simulations by a pair of researchers at the University of Edinburgh predict that a fleet of interstellar probes could explore the entire Milky Way galaxy…
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Hubble Spots Another Blue Planet
Astronomers making visible-light observations with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. The planet is…
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Did You Know That the Solar System Has a Tail?
Like a comet, the solar system has a tail. NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has for the first time mapped out the structure of this tail,…
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Goals Outlined for NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover
The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate…
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SETI: British Style
SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, is an almost uniquely American affair. There was a time when it was funded by the US government, but that…
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Olympus Mons in Closeup
Hundreds of individual lava flows are seen frozen in time on the flanks of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System. The images, taken…
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Opportunity Mars Rover Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Its Launch
When NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity blasted off from Cape Canaveral in 2003, many onlookers expected a relatively short mission. Landing on Mars is risky business. The…
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Farewell to Herschel
The tiny dot against the streaking star field in the image below is one of the last views that ground-based observers will see of ESA’s iconic…
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ARKYD Kickstarter Campaign Closing Tonight – Help Support Citizen Science
Planetary Resourecs are in the final hours of their crowdfunding campaign. They have a lot in store for you during their LIVE FINALE EVENT, beginning at 3:00…
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