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Asteroid buzzed Earth this weekend, hours after discovery
Discovered on Saturday, closest just hours later, this small asteroid came closer to Earth than weather and television satellites orbit.
November 15, 2015
Mystery object WTF has come home
It was the first time astronomers knew just when and where a piece of space debris would reenter Earth's atmosphere. It was last night, over the Indian Ocean.
November 14, 2015
Mars’ moon Phobos slowly falling apart
The mysterious grooves on Phobos are likely early signs of structural failure. Scientists expect the moon to be pulled apart in 30 to 50 million years.
November 13, 2015
What triggers supervolcano eruptions?
Supervolcanoes - massive eruptions with potential global consequences - don't appear to follow the conventional volcano mechanics, say researchers.
November 13, 2015
Video: Why your body is amazing
Some fun for a Friday, from the guys at AsapScience.
November 13, 2015
Cassini spots monstrous ice cloud on Titan
As winter sets in at the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, a massive ice cloud has been forming. It's the "button" in this image from the Cassini spacecraft.
November 13, 2015
Comet Encke pelts Mercury with meteors
This comet is the same one causing the amazing display of Taurid fireballs on Earth this year. And so our solar system begins to seem a little more familiar.
November 11, 2015
Pluto might have ice volcanoes
Two of Pluto's mountains could be cryovolcanoes - ice volcanoes - that might have spewed an ammonia-ice slurry in the recent geological past.
November 10, 2015
Pluto’s moons spinning wildly
"These are four of the strangest moons in the solar system," said New Horizons mission's Mark Showalter. "We still don't know what to make of it."
November 10, 2015
NASA is recruiting astronauts
Want to be an astronaut? NASA is seeking explorers for future space missions. Here's what it takes and how to apply.
November 9, 2015
