Solar System

Curiosity Bores into Kimberley rock after Inspection Unveils Enticing Bumpy Textures

Curiosity snaps selfie at Kimberley waypoint with towering Mount Sharp backdrop on April 27, 2014 (Sol 613). Inset shows MAHLI…

11 years ago

Take a Look: Comet PANSTARRS K1 Swings by the Big Dipper this Week, Sprouts Second Tail

Comets often play hard to get. That's why we enjoy those rare opportunities when they pass close to naked eye stars. For…

11 years ago

Curiosity Captures First Ever Asteroid Images from Mars Surface

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has caught the first image of asteroids taken from the surface of Mars on April 20,…

11 years ago

NASA’s Highly Productive LADEE Dust Explorer Probe Crashes into the Moon as Planned

NASA's LADEE lunar orbiting dust and atmosphere explorer probe has bitten the dust and crashed into the Moon’s surface exactly…

11 years ago

Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars

Don't let them pass you by. Right now and continuing through July, the biggest and brightest asteroids will be running…

11 years ago

Rosetta’s Philae Lander Snaps a Selfie

Philae is awake... and taking pictures! This image, acquired last night with the lander's CIVA (Comet nucleus Infrared and Visible…

11 years ago

Why The Eclipse Forced A Shutdown Of Lunar Spacecraft’s Instruments

While people across North America marvelled at the blood-red moon early this morning, some NASA engineers had a different topic…

11 years ago

Asteroid That Dwarfed Dinosaur-Killer Punched Earth 3 Billion Years Ago, Study Says

Early in Earth's history, a killer asteroid smashed a hole in our planet about 300 miles (500 kilometers) wide, which…

11 years ago