Mount Sharp on Mars is close in size to Alaska’s Mt. McKinley. New research suggests it likely emerged as strong winds carried dust and sand into the crater in which it sits.
The Danish 1.54-metre telescope has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an interstellar cloud.
NASA is inviting the public to submit their names and a personal message for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.
NASA scientists don't often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite. However, Fermi was just one week away from an unusually close encounter with Cosmos 1805, a defunct spy satellite dating back to the Cold War.
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