Ancient Martian Life May Be Preserved in Glass

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When large asteroids or comets strike the Earth -- as they have countless times throughout our planet's history -- the energy…

Weekly Space Hangout – April 18, 2014: Another Earth, Dragon Launch, LADEE Impact

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Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Casey Dreier, Brian Koberlein, Jason Major, Sondy Springmann, David Dickinson (more…)

NASA’s Highly Productive LADEE Dust Explorer Probe Crashes into the Moon as Planned

10 years ago

NASA's LADEE lunar orbiting dust and atmosphere explorer probe has bitten the dust and crashed into the Moon’s surface exactly…

Urgent Spacewalk Must Dance Between Dragon and Progress Spacecraft

10 years ago

It's a good thing that next week's urgent spacewalk is pegged as a short one, because the coming days will be hectic…

Watch Live Webcast: Secrets of the Universe’s First Light

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Just a month ago came the news of the first direct evidence of primordial gravitational waves — ripples in the…

Get Ready for the Lyrid Meteor Shower: Our Complete Guide for 2014

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The month of April doesn’t only see showers that bring May flowers: it also brings the first dependable meteor shower…

Kepler Has Found the First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in a Habitable Zone!

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It's truly a "eureka" moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star's habitable…

Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars

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Don't let them pass you by. Right now and continuing through July, the biggest and brightest asteroids will be running…