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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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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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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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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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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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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Science to Meet Art High in Orbit
Inspired by the dream of space exploration, artist Katie Paterson imagined sending a piece of her meteorite artwork back to space in a celebration of science,…
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Voyager 1 Close to Reaching Interstellar Space
Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made…
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