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An Afternoon on Mars
Here's a pretty picture for your Friday: a mosaic of Mastcam images acquired by Curiosity on mission Sol 582, also…
Stunning 3D Tours of Two Well-Known Nebulae
Two videos recently released by the Hubble team take us on a tour of two famous and intriguing cosmic objects:…
New Technique Finds Water in Exoplanet Atmospheres
As more and more exoplanets are identified and confirmed by various observational methods, the still-elusive "holy grail" is the discovery…
Keeping An Eye On Gaia
Gaia, ESA's long-anticipated mission to map the stars of our galaxy (as well as do a slew of other cool…
Prometheus Practices Its Pull
Lit by eerie, reflected light from Saturn's F ring (and a casting a faint shadow through a haze of icy…
The Olympic Torch That Went Around the World… Literally
Ever since the first relay for the 1936 summer Olympic games in Berlin, Olympic torches have traditionally been used to…
Happy Holidays from Cassini!
Cassini couldn't make it to the mall this year to do any Christmas shopping but that's ok: we're all getting…
Is the Solar System Really a Vortex?
The short answer? No. Not in the way that a popular animated gif insinuates, at least. If you're even a…
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…
Get Teased by the New “Interstellar” Trailer
Christopher Nolan, the writer and director of Memento, Inception, and the most recent Batman films, is taking up space on…