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Pluto spacecraft gets new mission
Plus the Dawn spacecraft will remain at Ceres, and 7 other NASA craft have the green light for continued operations through fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
July 1, 2016
Asteroid Day 2016 is June 30
Hundreds of events - films, concerts, panels with engineers, scientists and astronauts - about asteroids and how to protect our planet from asteroid impacts.
June 30, 2016
Join astronomers in tracking asteroids
Sign up to trigger asteroid observations on a global telescope network on Asteroid Day, June 30. Anyone can help! Sign up by 00:00 UTC on July 1.
June 30, 2016
Juno on Jupiter’s doorstep
Juno spacecraft on approach to Jupiter! The craft will arrive at Jupiter on July 4, first spacecraft to orbit the giant planet since Galileo (1995-2003).
June 29, 2016
Spectacular new images of Jupiter
Just days before the Juno spacecraft's arrival at Jupiter on July 4, astronomers unveiled these VLT images of Jupiter in the infrared.
June 28, 2016
Today in science: Egypt’s first meteorite
It was the first meteorite in the Egyptian record. Years after the event, scientists concluded through various tests that it came all the way from Mars.
June 28, 2016
Cygnus spacecraft’s fiery re-entry
Scientists aboard an aircraft caught the impressive streak and final breakup of the Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship, as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on June 22.
June 27, 2016
A new dark spot on Neptune
Voyager 2 in 1989 - and Hubble Space Telescope in 1994 - saw similar features. But this dark spot, or vortex, is the first seen on Neptune in the 21st century.
June 26, 2016
Watch 5 moonsets over Zimbabwe
Moonset at 5 different points on the horizon, at 5 different moon phases, from a young moon to the June 20 full moon at Zimbabwe's winter solstice.
June 26, 2016
Can we grow food on Mars?
Apparently we can, and you can view details in this video from a talk given at Mars One's recent private event in Amsterdam.
June 25, 2016
