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Pluto craft’s next target is Ultima Thule
New Horizons passed Pluto in 2015. With public input, the mission team has nicknamed the spacecraft's next target - on the fringes of our solar system - Ultima Thule.
March 14, 2018
A peculiar galactic clash
This pair of barred spiral galaxies have just begun a magnificent merger.
March 14, 2018
The most inspirational space video, ever
Worried that our human species is making a mess of things? Inspiration-less? Carl Sagan wants to tell you something.
March 13, 2018
360 video: Tour a Mars robot test lab
If your browser or smart phone is set up to view it, this 360 video will let you virtually explore a Mars simulation facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where engineers are practicing for an upcoming Mars lander mission.
March 13, 2018
Nature likes to make bow waves
Boats moving through water make bow waves. Objects in space, including Earth, make them, too. Even the moon's shadow - penetrating Earth's atmosphere during a total solar eclipse - creates moving bow waves.
March 13, 2018
Measuring universe expansion reveals mystery
Is something unpredicted going on in the depths of space?
March 11, 2018
Update on S2, the star plunging past the Milky Way’s black hole
Astronomers report no companion found for S2, the star orbiting near our Milky Way's central black hole. It's an "all-clear” for an exciting test of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.
March 9, 2018
Day meets night on Jupiter
The Juno spacecraft captured this image during its 11th close flyby of the planet. It shows swirling cloud formations around Jupiter's south pole.
March 9, 2018
Send your name to the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, launching this summer, will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft yet - and you can send your name along for the ride. Hear about it from William Shatner.
March 8, 2018
See asteroid 2017 VR12 as it swept past
Asteroid 2017 VR12 passed at 3.76 times the moon's distance on March 7. Here are images and video of its sweep past Earth.
March 8, 2018
