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Catch This Season’s ‘Other’ Comet: S2 PanSTARRS
Now is the time to catch binocular Comet C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS, as it tops +8 magnitude ahead of predictions this…
Curiosity Reaches Massive Field of Spectacularly Rippled Active Martian Sand Dunes
After many months of painstaking driving, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has reached the edge of a massive field of spectacular…
How Long is a Day on Mars?
Mars is different from Earth in many ways, being rather cold and inhospitable. But interestingly, a day on Mars is…
Dawn Spacecraft Unraveling Mysteries of Ceres Intriguing Bright Spots as Sublimating Salt Water Residues
With NASA’s Dawn spacecraft set to enter its final and lowest orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, spectral measurements are…
Space Station Trio Returns Safely to Earth for Rare Night Landing After 141 Day Mission
Plummeting to Earth during a fiery atmospheric reentry within the cramped confines of their Russian Soyuz capsule, an international trio…
Watch Fast and Furious All-sky Aurora Filmed in Real Time
If seeing the Northern or Southern Lights hasn't been crossed off your bucket list yet, this video is the next…
How Many Moons Does Mars Have?
Many of the planets in our Solar System have a system of moons. But among the rocky planets that make…
Our Highest Resolution Views Yet of Pluto’s Surface
The New Horizons spacecraft has been slowly sending back all the images and data it gathered during its July flyby…
Zodiac Signs and Their Dates
The Zodiac once played an important role in humanity's cosmological beliefs. Today, they are no longer accurate and regarded as…
The Dwarf Planet Ceres
Located in the Solar System's Main Asteroid Belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is the dwarf planet Ceres,…