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SpaceX Dragon Departs Space Station after Delivering Slew of Science and Returns with Ocean Splashdown
Concluding a busy five week mission, the SpaceX Dragon CRS-4 commercial cargo ship departed the International Space Station (ISS) this…
You Could Fit All the Planets Between the Earth and the Moon
I ran into this intriguing infographic over on Reddit that claimed that you could fit all the planets of the…
Comet Siding Spring Was Bleeding Hydrogen As It Sped By Mars
As Comet Siding Spring passed close by Mars on Sunday (Oct. 19), NASA's newest Mars spacecraft took a time-out from…
Stinky! Rosetta’s Comet Smells Like Rotten Eggs And Ammonia
While you can't smell in space -- there is no medium to carry the molecules, the same reason you can't…
Asteroid 2014 SC324 Zips By Earth Friday Afternoon – Tips on How to See it
What a roller coaster week it's been. If partial eclipses and giant sunspots aren't your thing, how about a close flyby…
Rosetta’s Comet Springs Spectacular Leaks As It Gets Closer To The Sun
Jet! The comet that the Rosetta spacecraft is visiting is shedding more dust as machine and Solar System body get…
Hubble Composite Picture Shows How Close Siding Spring Comet Was To Mars
We've seen spectacular images of Comet Siding Spring from Mars spacecraft, showing just how close the small body was to…
Two Comet Groups Discovered Around Beta Pictoris
Between the years 2003 and 2011, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher - better known as HARPS - made…
This 3-D Martian Picture Feels Like You’re Standing Beside The Opportunity Rover
Grab your 3-D glasses (you do have a pair handy, right?) and take a look at this latest vista from…
Stunning View of Solar System’s Largest Volcano and Valles Marineris Revealed by India’s Mars Orbiter Mission
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has delivered another sweet treat - a stunning view of our Solar System's largest volcano…