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Gaze in Wonder at Jupiter’s Mysterious Geometric Polar Storms
Each of Jupiter's poles is a beautiful, geometric arrangement of Earth-sized cyclones. In the north, 8 storms surround one central…
James Webb Telescope is Probably Going to be Delayed Again, and Could Exceed a Congress Spending Cap
According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is likely…
Hubble Sees a Huge Dust Cloud Around a Newly Forming Star
The Hubble has detected a massive dust cloud 150 billion miles across around the young star HR 4796A.
Engineers Develop a Whole New Way to Use Curiosity’s Drill After a Recent Hardware Failure
Due to a mechanical failure, engineers at NASA JPL have developed a new method for the Curiosity drill, which was…
The Biggest Airplane Taxis Down the Runway, By 2020 it Could Be Launching Rockets
In preparation for its maiden flight, StratoLaunch's Roc aircraft - the largest aircraft in the world - recently conducted its…
Space Catapult Startup SpinLaunch has Come Out of Stealth Mode. Space catapults? Yes Please
Reclusive SpinLaunch founder Jonathon Yaney recently broke his silence about his vision to reduce the costs of space exploration by…
22 Years Of The Sun From Soho
SOHO is celebrating a huge milestone, and one it was never intended to meet: it has now observed one complete,…
This was Exactly Where Cassini Crashed into Saturn
NASA has released a mosaic image that shows exactly where the Cassini probe would crash into Saturn's atmosphere, mere hours…
OSIRIS-REx Sends Home an Image of the Earth and Moon
The OSIRIS-REx mission once again provided a beautiful composite image of the Earth-Moon system, showing just how far it has…
Mars 2020 Rover is Going to be Taking a Chunk of Mars Back to… Mars?
When the Mars 2020 arrives on the surface of the Red Planet, it will be carrying a piece of a…