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Video takes you to Pluto’s surface
New video released on 1-year anniversary of New Horizons' visit to Pluto. It lets you ride aboard a Pluto spacecraft and then plunge toward its surface!
July 19, 2016
Wow! Another 104 confirmed exoplanets
That's from 197 new exoplanet candidates. In its extended (K2) mission, the Kepler space telescope has been looking toward cool, small, red dwarf-type stars.
July 18, 2016
Why galaxies stop making stars
Nature and nurture in the evolution of galaxies, and what those factors mean with respect to whether galaxies continue forming stars, or not.
July 17, 2016
Watch Mercury and Venus set
What are the odds? Peter Lowenstein caught Venus and Mercury on the evening of their conjunction - July 16, 2016 - setting through a thin break in the clouds.
July 17, 2016
Gamma ray bursts and pencil-thin jets
Stellar mergers that cause gamma ray bursts might make pencil-thin jets. If true, since most jets won't be pointed our way, we'll see no sign of most mergers.
July 15, 2016
1.2 million galaxies in 3D
A new map of the universe - based on observations of 1.2 million galaxies - confirms cosmologists' theories about the web of galaxies making up our universe as a whole.
July 15, 2016
Moon photobombs Earth
In early July, a satellite camera caught the moon crossing the face of Earth.
July 14, 2016
Keeping Earth safe from asteroids
How NASA is working to keep Earth safe from asteroids and other hazards that come from deep space.
July 13, 2016
Juno’s 1st in-orbit view of Jupiter
Color view from JunoCam, showing the planet, the Red Spot and several moons. Plus ... calling all astrophotographers to participate in the mission!
July 13, 2016
Deepest-yet look into Orion Nebula
Peering deeper into the Orion Nebula than ever before, astronomers have found a plethora of low-mass objects, some isolated "planets" and some brown dwarfs.
July 12, 2016
