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New dwarf planet beyond Neptune
The object labeled RR245 is traveling toward its closest approach to our sun. It'll reach this (very distant) closest point - 3 billion miles, or 5 billion km - around 2096.
July 11, 2016
ESA to capture large derelict satellite
The European Space Agency is moving forward with plans to capture and remove a large piece of space debris, in a mission called e.Deorbit, by 2023.
July 9, 2016
Canada is recruiting new astronauts
Astronauts wanted! The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is actively recruiting for first time since 2008. Applications are open until mid-August.
July 8, 2016
Ultra-Deep Survey probes distant galaxies
The survey shows 250,000 galaxies in an area of sky 4 times the size of a full moon. It'll be used to help trace galaxy evolution over the last 13 billion years.
July 8, 2016
Swirling jet reveals black hole clues
A jet of swirling, cool, dense gas in the center of a galaxy - 70 million light-years from Earth - gives new clues to how supermassive black holes grow.
July 5, 2016
Success! Juno is orbiting Jupiter
After a 5-year voyage, Juno performed a successful braking maneuver on July 4. First spacecraft to enter Jupiter orbit since Galileo in the 1990s.
July 5, 2016
Earth-sized aurora on Jupiter
NASA released this image as the Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter.
July 3, 2016
Boom! Juno within Jupiter’s magnetosphere
In late June, as Juno crossed into Jupiter's magnetic field, an instrument aboard the craft recorded the bow shock. Hear it here.
July 3, 2016
What makes some galaxies green?
State-of-the-art computer simulations let scientists figure out why some galaxies are green. They said a green color for a galaxy might reveal a troubled past.
July 3, 2016
Surprise dew drops for Spiderweb Galaxy
Astronomers using the ALMA telescope to study the Spiderweb Galaxy unexpectedly found droplets of condensed water at the galaxy's outskirts.
July 2, 2016
