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OSIRIS-REx sets sights on asteroid Bennu
NASA’s 1st mission to a near-Earth asteroid is now on its final approach, and the space agency released the craft's 1st images late last week. It'll arrive at asteroid Bennu on December 3.
August 26, 2018
NASA Selfies app lets you play astronaut
We've had lots of fun playing with this app over the past few days. It lets you generate snapshots of yourself in a virtual spacesuit, posing in front of places like the Orion Nebula or the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
August 25, 2018
Astronomers see a baby planet growing
They've confirmed for the 1st time that this newly formed planet - labeled PDS 70b - is still gathering material from the dust and gas around its star. They're literally watching this new world develop and grow.
August 24, 2018
Water worlds are likely common
Earth is a water world, and a new study suggests there may be many more water worlds out there, including some larger and wetter than our planet.
August 23, 2018
InSight halfway there! Update on Opportunity rover
Updates on 2 Mars missions, 1 old and 1 new. Insight is on course for a November touchdown. The 15-year-old Opportunity rover lost contact with Earth months ago, due to a global dust storm, but the engineering team is hopeful.
August 22, 2018
Ice confirmed at moon’s poles
It's the 1st definitive evidence of water ice on the moon's surface.
August 21, 2018
Compare sizes of sun and stars
It’s hard to get your head around the sheer size of objects in space, but take 2 minutes and give it a try!
August 20, 2018
Earth’s ingredients pretty normal, say astronomers
Astronomers have discovered that the basic building blocks of some planetary systems are very similar to Earth's elements, helpful information in the search for truly Earth-like planets in other solar systems.
August 20, 2018
Curiosity finds strange object on the surface of Mars
The Mars Curiosity rover captured images of this strange object on the planet's surface on August 13. What is it? NASA scientists have figured it out.
August 18, 2018
Why so few galaxies in this distant region of space?
Galaxies aren't evenly distributed throughout the universe. But even so, this large region of space has far fewer galaxies than astronomers expected.
August 18, 2018
