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See Historic Comet BA14 Up Close In These New Radar Images
During its recent flyby of Earth, astronomers used the Goldstone radar antenna to create a remarkable series of images of…
ExoMars Mission Narrowly Avoids Exploding Booster
The final booster that sent the ExoMars spacecraft to Mars exploded not long after the two parted. Luckily, the probe…
The Moon’s Other Axis
The Moon had a different axis of rotation billions of years ago. The culprit? Volcanoes.
Most ‘Outrageous’ Luminous Galaxies Ever Observed
A team of astronomers have discovered 8 of the brightest galaxies ever observed. And their luminosity could tell us a…
Moonbase by 2022 For $10 Billion, Says NASA
According to a series of articles produced by NASA and industry specialists, a lunar base could be built in a…
Solar Storms Ignite Aurora On Jupiter
In 2011, a coronal mass ejection reached Jupiter and produced x-ray auroras hundreds of times brighter than Earth's auroras.
High Albedo Points To Huge Collision Forming Plutonian System
Pluto's moons were likely formed as a result of a collision between Pluto and a Pluto-sized object, about 4 billion…
Best NASA Images Yet Of Ceres’ Brightest Spot
New images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal spectacular new details in Ceres' intriguing "bright spots".
Ancient Pluto May Have Had Lakes And Rivers Of Nitrogen
New Horizons data shows that Pluto may once have had a warm enough climate for liquid nitrogen to form on…
Kepler Catches Early Flash Of An Exploding Star
The Kepler spacecraft has captured the "shock breakout" of a distant supernova, a twenty minute event that signals the end…