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Voyager 1 Breaking Through the Borders of the Solar System
After almost 35 years traveling at over 35,000 mph, the venerable (and still operational!) Voyager 1 spacecraft is truly breaking…
Opportunity Gets a View From The Edge
[/caption] The rover Opportunity captured a view into Endeavour crater as a low Sun cast a long shadow in this…
JPL Wants To FINESSE Info From Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's proposed FINESSE space telescope may not hunt for exoplanets, but it will find out what they're made…
Space Exploration By Robot Swarm
[/caption] With all there's yet to learn about our solar system from the many smaller worlds that reside within it…
Still Concerned About 2012?
Don't be. Don Yeomans, senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, was kind enough to address…
Beneath the Surface: Seeing Jupiter’s Hidden Storms
Launched on August 5, 2011, NASA's Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in 2016 to study its magnetic field and…
Asteroid 2005 YU55: An Expert’s Explanation
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video today featuring more information about the much-discussed 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide asteroid that…
Asteroid 2005 YU55 Gets Closer to Earth; “No Chance of an Impact”
[/caption] Yes, it's coming. Yes, it's big. Yes, it will be even closer than the Moon. And yes... we're completely…
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Student Alert: GRAIL Naming Contest – Essay Deadline November 11
[/caption] Student Alert ! - Here’s your once in a lifetime chance to name Two NASA robots speeding at this…
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Rheasilvia – Super Mysterious South Pole Basin at Vesta is Named after Romulus and Remus Roman Mother
http://youtu.be/tYiOOScjPFI Video caption: Rheasilvia Impact Basin and Vesta shape model. This false-color shape model video of the giant asteroid Vesta…