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Wake Up, Rosetta!

It's being called "the most important alarm clock in the Solar System" --  this Monday, January 20, at 10:00 GMT…

11 years ago

Watch Gaia Go From Lab to Launch in Two Minutes

In the early pre-dawn hours on December 19, 2013, with a rumble and a roar, a Soyuz rocket blazed through…

11 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – December 20, 2013: Gaia Launch, Apollo 8 & Emergency Spacewalks

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, Amy Shira Teitel, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell (more…)

11 years ago

ESA’s Gaia Mission Launches to Map the Milky Way

Early this morning, at 09:12 UTC, the cloudy pre-dawn sky above the coastal town of Kourou, French Guiana was brilliantly…

11 years ago

Watch a Star Blast Out Waves of Light

6,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Puppis an enormous star pulses with light and energy, going through the first…

11 years ago

Hubble Discovers Water Plumes Erupting from Europa

It's been known since 2005 that Saturn's 300-mile-wide moon Enceladus has geysers spewing ice and dust out into orbit from…

11 years ago

Take a Virtual Spin Around Mars’ North Pole

Get a satellite’s-eye view of the Martian north pole in this new animation from the Mars Express spacecraft, using data…

11 years ago

A Hybrid Solar Eclipse Seen From Earth… and Space

The final eclipse for 2013 was a grand event, witnessed across the Atlantic and the heart of Africa this past…

11 years ago

Stunning New Flyover Video: Volcanoes, Canyons and Craters of Mars

Go from the highest volcano to the deepest canyon on Mars in this great new complication video from images taken…

11 years ago

These Antarctic Research Photos Look Like Exploration on Another Planet

Some day, human explorers will land a spacecraft on the surface of Europa, Enceladus, Titan, or some other icy world…

11 years ago