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Eleanor Imster
See asteroid mission launch September 8
NASA's first sample return mission to an asteroid launches Thursday at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 UTC). Links here to follow the mission online.
September 8, 2016
Listen to Jupiter’s auroras
Plus more cool stuff from the Juno spacecraft's August 27 closest-yet flyby of Jupiter.
September 6, 2016
SDO sees a double eclipse
Cool video! On September 1, the Earth-orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun.
September 5, 2016
Wow! Yellowstone geysers time-lapse
People go to Yellowstone to see boiling geysers erupt periodically with an awesome, yet very earthly, power. See them in this new video.
September 4, 2016
Hidden reef behind Great Barrier Reef
It's vast, said the scientists who measured it, but hidden by the sea.
September 3, 2016
New record for farthest galaxy cluster
A new record for the most distant galaxy cluster has been set. Astronomers say the cluster, 11.1 billion light-years away, might have been caught right after birth.
September 1, 2016
Watch spacewalk live September 1
NASA TV will broadcast live coverage on Thursday of a 6.5-hour spacewalk by 2 astronauts aboard ISS. Coverage will start at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 UTC). The spacewalk will begin about 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC).
August 31, 2016
Milky Way over Sun Valley, Idaho
John Boydston submitted this beauty shot of the Milky Way and wrote, "Lots of Earth and sky in this one." For sure! Thanks, John.
August 29, 2016
Your cosmic suntan
Lie on the beach, and your body is bombarded by light from our sun, and from beyond our galaxy.
August 28, 2016
Juno soars closest to Jupiter August 27
The Juno spacecraft will be about 2,500 miles (4,200 km) above Jupiter's swirling clouds. No other spacecraft has ever orbited Jupiter this closely.
August 27, 2016
