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Fly Over California Alongside a Space Shuttle!
A view of Endeavour and SCA over California from one of NASA's F/A-18 chase planes (NASA/DFRC) We've shared several videos…
Watch Jupiter Get Hit in the Original HD Video
Caught on webcam by amateur astronomer George Hall in Dallas, Texas, the impact on Jupiter that occurred yesterday at 6:35 a.m.…
STEREO Spots a CME Soaring Into Space
Press "play." Say "wow." The enormous eruption of a solar prominence and resulting coronal mass ejection (CME) back on August…
On the Hunt for High-Speed Sprites
A bright red sprite appears above a lightning flash in a photo captured from the ISS Back on April 30,…
What If All of Kepler’s Exoplanets Orbited the Same Star?
That's exactly the scenario shown by a mesmerizing animation called "Worlds" by Alex Parker -- a single system containing 2299…
NASA’s Mighty Eagle Takes Flight; Finds Its Target
No, it's not a UFO -- it's NASA's "Mighty Eagle", a robotic prototype lander that successfully and autonomously found its…
Take a Flight Through Our Universe, Thanks to New 3-D Map of the Sky
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes…
When Will We Hear From Curiosity?
Just over a day from now the Mars Science Laboratory mission will arrive at Mars, its nine-month journey through space…
Will Curiosity Look for Life on Mars? Not Exactly…
"Curiosity is not a life detection mission. We're not actually looking for life and we don't have the ability to…
Flashback: 1978 NASA Film Shows Viking Discoveries
In what's a sort of foreshadowing of the upcoming August 5 MSL landing, which is being called "seven minutes of…