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Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !
Image Caption: Course correcting thruster firings on July 29 successfully placed Curiosity on target to touchdown beside Mount Sharp inside…
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T Minus 9 Days – Mars Orbiters Now in Place to Relay Critical Curiosity Landing Signals
Image Caption: NASA’s Mars Odyssey will relay near real time signals of this artist's concept depicting the moment that NASA's…
Fish in Space: Space Station Gets an Aquarium
Caption: The Aquatic Habitat will enable the study of fish aboard the International Space Station. Credit: JAXA. How does microgravity…
Aurora Over Antarctica: a “Teardrop From Heaven”
"We managed to snap a few photos before Heaven realised its mistake and closed its doors." – Dr. Alexander Kumar…
CGI Movie From 1963 Shows Satellite Orbit
In what may very well be the world's first computer-generated animation, this video shows the motion of a box-like "satellite"…
Case Closed on the Pioneer Anomaly
Caption: An artist's view of a Pioneer spacecraft heading into interstellar space. Both Pioneer 10 and 11 are on trajectories…
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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…
What’s a Higgs Boson, Anyway?
With the science world all abuzz in anticipation of tomorrow's official announcement from CERN in regards to its hunt for…
Enter the Universe Today “Wonders of the Universe” Contest!
If you've seen the excellent BBC/Science Channel series "Wonders of the Universe," you know that host Brian Cox's natural enthusiasm…
Visions of the Cosmos: The Enduring Space Art of David A. Hardy
[/caption] For over 50 years, award-winning space and astronomy artist David A. Hardy has taken us to places we could…