First Global Topographic Map of Saturn’s Moon Titan
These polar maps show the first global, topographic mapping of Saturn’s moon Titan, using data from NASA’s Cassini mission. To create these maps, scientists employed a…
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The Abell S1077 Gravitational Lens
Bright arcs are smeared around the heart of galaxy cluster Abell S1077 in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope. The arcs are stretched…
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Building Blocks for Earth-Sized Planets Found Around Two White Dwarf Stars
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in an unlikely place– the atmospheres of a pair of burned-out stars called white…
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European Scientists Examine Options for Dealing With Asteroids
In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia’s Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What…
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Herschel Space Telescope Ceases Operation After Coolant Runs Out
The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope for which NASA helped build instruments and process data, has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant…
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Cassini Images Saturn North Pole Hurricane
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole. In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists…
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Cassini Sees Meteors Colliding With Saturn’s Rings
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn’s rings. These observations make Saturn’s…
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Meteor Explodes in Argentinian Sky
An amateur video of a concert in Salta, Argentina captured footage of a meteor exploding in the night sky, lighting the sky briefly on April 21,…
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SpaceX’s Grasshopper Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Rocket Breaks New Record
SpaceX’s Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap. Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test…
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Saturn Will Be at Its Biggest and Brightest This Weekend
The Solar System is a beautiful place filled with wonders that NASA space probes are only beginning to discover. There’s a tendency, though, for people to…
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