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Dawn’s Vestan Endeavour Exceptionally Exciting near End of Year-Long Super Science Survey
Image Caption: Divalia Fossa equatorial trough at Vesta pictured in side by side images showing apparent brightness and topography. The…
A Shimmering, Simmering Sunspot
This quick animation made by astrophotographer Alan Friedman shows a 30-minute view of sunspot 1520, a large region of magnetic…
Virgin Galactic Announces New Satellite Launcher
Caption: Richard Branson at the Farnborough International Airshow showing a model of LauncherOne. Credit: Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic’s latest venture…
Hubble Spies Tiny, Ancient ‘Ghost Galaxies’
They're out there; tiny, extremely faint and incredibly ancient dwarf galaxies with so few stars that scientists call them 'ghost…
Fifth Moon Found Around Pluto
This just in! Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a new moon around distant Pluto, bringing the…
Dark Galaxies Found from the Early Universe
Caption: This deep image shows the region of the sky around the quasar HE0109-3518, near the center of the image.…
The Moon Is Toxic
As our closest neighbor in space, a time-capsule of planetary evolution and the only world outside of Earth that humans…
Astrophotos: Monster Sunspot Evolution
Caption: A 5-day sequence of sunspot group AR1520. Credit: Shahrin Ahmad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Click to see a larger version.…
Surprising Swirls Above Titan’s South Pole
Thanks to Cassini's new vantage point granted by its inclined orbit researchers have gotten a new look at the south…
Sifting Starlight, Finding New Worlds
Looking directly at stars is a bad way to find planets orbiting faraway suns but using a new technique, scientists…