Solar System

Mystery Solved? Why There are No Lunar ‘Seas’ On The Far Side Of The Moon

In these days of daily image releases from Saturn, Mars, the Moon and other spots in the universe, it's hard…

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Isn't there something so soothing about watching the Sun go around and around in this short video? This is the…

10 years ago

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Curiosity rover panorama of Mount Sharp captured on June 6, 2014 (Sol 651) during traverse inside Gale Crater. Note rover…

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Sometimes a good idea takes some tinkering. You have a thought that it will work, but what it really requires…

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Billions of years ago, so the theory goes, a Mars-sized body (sometimes called "Theia") smashed into our young planet and…

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Mars, that ever-changing and beautiful Red Planet practically next door to us, is one of the most well-studied places humans…

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Got any plans Tuesday? Good. Keep them but know this. That day around 3 p.m. CDT (20:00 UT) asteroid 2014 KH39 will silently…

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Meet Dragon V2 - SpaceX CEO Elon pulls the curtain off manned Dragon V2 on May 29, 2014 for worldwide…

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So what does an agency like NASA do after making a daring new type of landing with the Mars Curiosity…

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Leaving aside the complications of space treaties, a new video lays out another case for why you wouldn't want to…

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