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If You Think Mars Pictures Are Cool, Check Out These Stunning Images Of The...
As NASA's Curiosity rover continues to beam back unprecedented images of the Martian landscape, we are reminded of the countless celestial discoveries made by the space agency's longest-running...
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Curiosity Rover Takes A Bunch Of Cool Self-Portraits
As NASA's Curiosity rover prepares to take her first long drive to a spot called Glenelg, her keepers back on Earth continue to test and inspect several of the robot's cameras and high-tech tools on...
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New Theory Splinters Hope That Mars Once Supported Life
Past observations from Mars orbiters and exploration rovers gave scientists hope that water once existed in shallow lakes on Mars. Some of this evidence was based on clay minerals found on Mars,...
View ArticleLast Week's Huge Sun Explosion Was Visible For Days
NASA caught this huge solar storm coming off the surface of the sun last week. The storm was visible for days, which they say is very rare. When it burst from the sun it was long enough to stretch...
View ArticleA Huge Explosion On Jupiter Was Seen By An Amateur Astronomer
On Monday morning, amateur astronomer Dan Petersen was staring at Jupiter through his backyard telescope from Racine, Wisconsin, when he saw something incredible: A bright white flash on the planet's...
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Curiosity Rover Might Contaminate Mars With Earth Bacteria
NASA seems to have contaminated the Mars rover Curiosity with Earth bacteria, the Los Angeles Times reports. The contamination happened when a team member opened a previously sterile box of drill bits...
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The Western US Thought This Missile Contrail Was A UFO
A spectacular U.S. Army missile test in New Mexico Thursday (Sept. 13) lit up the predawn sky over the southwestern United States, triggering a flood of frantic UFO reports and hundreds of calls to...
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Seven Men Went Through Hell To Be The First Americans In Space
In 1959, just six months after NASA was established, seven men were selected as the first American astronauts: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Gus Grissom, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and...
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Go Inside The Jumbo Jet That Carries 172,000 Pound Space Shuttles
This week NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will leave Kennedy Space Center in Florida and be flown to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on the back of a specially...
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Own A Piece Of The Moon For $380,000
Heritage Auctions has the fourth largest chunk of the moon up for grabs, and it can be yours for the cool price of $380,000. Known as Dar al Gani (DaG) 1058, the rock is thought to have originally...
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Astronaut Self-Portraits Show Space In All Its Glory
Even astronauts take self-pics. Here's one from Aki Hoshide, a Japanese astronaut living on the space station, taken while out on a spacewalk earlier this month. It was today's astronomy picture of...
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Curiosity Caught Mars' Moon Phobos Photobombing The Sun
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has snapped stunning shots of a brief partial solar eclipse on the Red Planet, capturing images of the tiny Martian moon Phobos crossing the face of the sun. Curiosity took...
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This Is Your Last Chance To See A Space Shuttle Ride On The Back Of A Boeing 747
After a a two-day weather delay, NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to take off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday around 7:15 a.m. EDT piggy-backing atop a modified Boeing...
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NASA Reveals 'Plan B' If Curiosity Rover Had Crashed
Billions of dollars and future support of NASA's space program hinged on the successful landing of Mars rover Curiosity when it dropped through the Red Planet's atmosphere back in August....
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Curiosity Rover Is Going To Touch Its Very First Rock On Mars
Well folks, a little more than a month after landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is finally going to start doing some real science. On Thursday, Sept. 20, the one-ton rover will extend is...
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Meteor Over The UK Created A Spectacular Celestial Light Show
A spectacular meteor wowed stargazers across the United Kingdom Friday (Sept. 21) when it flared up and shattered into pieces in a surprise display of celestial fireworks. The fireball was spotted by...
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Curiosity Finished Up Her Rock Touching And Has Hit The Road Again
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reached out and touched a Martian rock with its huge robotic arm for the first time, then took off on its longest Red Planet drive to date. Curiosity spent the past several...
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Hubble Peers Even Further Back Into The History Of The Universe In This New...
Astronomers have assembled a new portrait using Hubble's new infrared camera, of the deepest view of a tiny slice of our universe. The photo called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF is of a small area of...
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The Milky Way Is Surrounded By A Massive, Hot Gas Halo
Scientists using NASA’s orbital X-ray space telescope Chandra have discovered that our own Milky Way Galaxy has a massive halo of superheated gas surrounding it, the agency announced on Monday. It’s...
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Vintage Color Pictures Of The Moon
It's been a headline-making past couple of months for NASA. The nation rejoiced when the space agency's $2.5-billion Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars; mourned when Neil Armstong, the first...
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