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What Venus Express learned by aerobraking
Results from the Venus Express spacecraft, obtained when - in the craft's final months - it surfed the dense atmosphere of Venus.
April 26, 2016
Holding 2016’s smallest full moon
The farthest full moon, and smallest full moon, on April 22-23, 2016.
April 26, 2016
Moon rocks reveal nearby supernova
Iron-60 found in moon rocks supports an earlier finding that - 2 million years ago - a supernova exploded only 300 light-years away.
April 25, 2016
Moon, Mars, Saturn, Antares on April 25
Moon is still moving past 2 planets and a bright star, Antares in the constellation Scorpius. Learn why this constellation is never in the sky with Orion.
April 25, 2016
Clouds, moonglow, 2 planets
Mars and Saturn, plus the bright star Antares and other stars in the constellation Scorpius. The bright one is Mars!
April 24, 2016
Moon and Mars rise late on April 24
And so does the planet Saturn and the star Antares. All 4 objects are together in the sky ... but Mars is the one to watch!
April 24, 2016
Bubble Nebula looks like giant cosmic soap bubble
A new Hubble image captures - in stunning clarity - the Bubble Nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the brilliant star within it.
April 23, 2016
How monarchs find Mexico without a map
Researchers say they’ve cracked the secrets of the monarch butterfly’s internal compass.
April 20, 2016
New images of Ceres craters
New Dawn spacecraft images of two craters on the dwarf planet Ceres, Haulani and Oxo. Haulani looks like a fresh impact into Ceres' surface.
April 20, 2016
Ferret and stars in Montana
Montana's rarest native animal, a black-footed ferret, surfaces on a starry night.
April 20, 2016
