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Deborah Byrd
Mars oppositions 2010 – 2022
Here's why 2016 is an awesome year for Mars, and why 2018 will be even better.
May 22, 2016
New Hubble image of Mars
New Hubble Space Telescope image of Mars, in honor of the planet's May 22 opposition, when our planet Earth will sweep between the Red Planet and the sun.
May 21, 2016
New Horizons, heading out, spies 1994 JR1
New Horizons imaged this distant Kuiper Belt Object twice. It has learned its location and spin, and dispelled a theory that 1994 JR1 is a quasi-satellite of Pluto.
May 20, 2016
Tonight … nearly a Blue Moon
The moon - nearly full on May 20 - will be sweeping past Mars and Saturn this weekend.
May 20, 2016
Look for M13 in Hercules
M13 is a densely packed globular cluster made of about 300,000 stars, more than 25,000 light-years from Earth. It's one of our galaxies most ancient inhabitants.
May 19, 2016
Giant impacts typical for Earth-like worlds
An advanced computer simulation suggests that newly forming Earth-like worlds are likely to suffer a giant impact, like that thought to have created our moon.
May 18, 2016
Milky Way over the Outer Banks
Jeff Berkes captured this image earlier this month, during a night sky photography workshop.
May 18, 2016
Small blue galaxy offers Big Bang clues
This galaxy - nicknamed 'little lion' - contains the lowest level of heavy elements ever detected in a gravitationally bound system of stars.
May 16, 2016
How Earth’s magnetic field is changing
Data from a trio of satellites show rapid local changes in Earth's magnetic field. The cause is likely accelerations in the flow of liquid iron near Earth's core.
May 16, 2016
When will 2007 OR10 get a name?
2007 OR10 is now known as the third-largest dwarf planet. It's about a third smaller than Pluto. It's the largest unnamed body in our solar system.
May 16, 2016
