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Saturn to Shed its Spooky Spokes for Summer
As Saturn steadily moves along its 29.7-year-long orbit toward summertime in its northern hemisphere NASA's Cassini spacecraft is along for…
Dry Ice Drives Dramatic Changes on Mars
Mars may not be tectonically active but that doesn't mean there's nothing happening on the Red Planet's surface. This video…
Is This Icy “Mega” Meteorite Really From Outer Space?
Earlier today, Euronews reported an icy "mega meteorite" fall in a farmer's field in the Hrira region of Morocco. The…
Lighting Up Mercury’s Shadowy North Pole
Part of a stereographic projection of Mercury's north pole Talk about northern exposure! This is a section of a much…
NASA Satellite Sees Ghostly Remains of Vanishing Arctic Sea Ice
Sea ice swirls in ocean currents off the coast of Greenland (NASA/GSFC) Spooky spectral swirls of last season's sea ice…
Greenland Glacier Calves Another Huge Ice Island
Petermann glacier, a 70 km (43 mile) long tongue of ice that flows into the Arctic Ocean in northwest Greenland,…
Blue Marble 2012: The Arctic Edition
This latest portrait of Earth from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite puts the icy Arctic in the center, showing the ice…
Scientists Set Their Sights on Arctic Ice Loss
[/caption] NASA researchers have just completed science mission flights over Greenland and the surrounding seas, gathering data on ice distribution…
Enceladus On Display In Newest Images From Cassini
[/caption] The latest images are in from Saturn's very own personal paparazzi, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, fresh from its early morning…
Antarctica’s Ice Being Eaten Away From Below
Data collected from a NASA ice-watching satellite reveal that the vast ice shelves extending from the shores of western Antarctica…