Solar System
How Many Planets are in the Solar System?
I’m just going to warn you, this is a controversial topic. Some people get pretty grumpy when you ask: how…
Rare Spectacular Triple Planet Conjunction Wows World! – Astrophoto Gallery
Triple planets (Venus/Jupiter/Mercury) conjunction over Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France on May 26. Credit: Thierry Legault -www.astrophoto.fr Update: See expanded Conjunction astrophoto…
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Opportunity Discovers Clays Favorable to Martian Biology and Sets Sail for Motherlode of New Clues
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover discovered clay minerals at Cape York ridge along the rim of Endeavour crater - seen in…
Mystery of Escaping Planetary Atmospheres Comes Under Japanese Scrutiny
Venus and Mars may be all right tonight, but there's still a lot we don't understand about these planets. Why…
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Curiosity Drills 2nd Hole into Ancient Mars Rocks Searching for the Ingredients of Life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has just successfully bored inside ancient rocks on Mars for only the 2nd time since her nail…
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Drill, Baby, Drill! – How Does Curiosity ‘Do It’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwuOByJ5zw&list=UUryGec9PdUCLjpJW2mgCuLw&index=4 Video Caption: This JPL video shows the complicated choreography to get drill samples to Curiosity's instruments as she prepares…
Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record
Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA’s legendary Opportunity rover…
‘Star Trek into Darkness’ & NASA Station Crews Join Forces at Live NASA Webcast
Science Fact and Science Fiction join forces in space today for a one of a kind meeting turning science fiction…
Mercury Shows Off Its Reds, Whites, and Blues
At first glance, the planet Mercury may bear a striking resemblance to our own Moon. True, both are heavily-cratered, airless…
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Curiosity Reaches Out with Martian Handshake and Contemplates New Drilling at Habitable Site
NASA’s Curiosity rover reaches out in ‘handshake’ like gesture to welcome the end of solar conjunction and resumption of contact…