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More “Hollowed Ground” on Mercury
[/caption] The latest featured image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, soon to complete its first year in orbit around Mercury, shows…
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Two new Moons join the Moon – GRAIL Twins Achieve New Year’s Orbits
[/caption] Take a good close look at the Moon today and consider this; Two new Moon’s just reached orbit. NASA…
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First GRAIL Twin Enters Lunar Orbit – NASA’s New Year’s Gift to Science
[/caption] Cheers erupted after the first of NASA’s twin $496 Million Moon Mapping probes entered orbit on New Year’s Eve…
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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
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NASA’s Unprecedented Science Twins are GO to Orbit our Moon on New Year’s Eve
[/caption] In less than three days, NASA will deliver a double barreled New Year’s package to our Moon when an…
Dr. Alan Stern Answers Your Questions!
[/caption]Some of you may know, we recently launched a new "Ask" feature here at Universe Today. Our inaugural launch features…
Absolutely Spectacular Photos of Comet Lovejoy from the Space Station
[/caption] Check out this absolutely stunning collection of new Comet Lovejoy photos taken by space station commander Dan Burbank just…
NASA’s Dawn Orbiter snaps Best Ever Images of Vesta
[/caption] NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has swooped down to the closest orbit above the monster asteroid Vesta that the craft's cameras…
Have Complex Molecules Been Found on Pluto’s Surface?
[/caption] First there was the recent story about evidence for a possible subsurface ocean on Pluto, of all places. Now…
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Top Astronomy Events Coming Up in 2012
[/caption] As 2011 is drawing to a close, the festive season is here and many of us are winding down…