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Wow! Jupiter and Little Red Spot
The Little Red Spot is Jupiter's 3rd-largest anticyclonic storm. Earth-based observers have tracked it for the last 23 years. The Juno spacecraft captured this amazing image.
January 28, 2017
Opportunity celebrates 13 years on Mars
Last week, NASA’s rover Opportunity celebrated 13 Earth-years exploring Mars. She's officially a teenager. This new video explains 6 ways she’s behaving like one.
January 27, 2017
The ecliptic is the path of the sun
The ecliptic is an imaginary line that marks the path of the sun. You can also find the planets and moon near this line, tracing the plane of our solar system.
January 27, 2017
Asteroid buzzed Earth and moon January 25
Asteroid 2017 BX - found just days ago - is maybe about as big as a house. It passed safely Tuesday night or Wednesday, depending on your time zone.
January 25, 2017
What’s killing these galaxies?
It’s an astrophysical whodunnit. Across the universe, galaxies are being killed. Scientists want to know, what’s killing them?
January 23, 2017
Mars rover examines possible mud cracks
The site on Mars is called Old Soaker. It seems to have cracks, as in a dry lake bed. These may be Curiosity's 1st confirmed mud cracks. If so, they're keys to understanding an ancient, warmer, wetter Mars.
January 19, 2017
Space sounds film competition, 2017
Both young and established filmmakers are invited to use real sound recorded in space in a new competition launched by Queen Mary University of London. Details here.
January 19, 2017
Pluto team live on Facebook January 19
The New Horizons team will be discussing the historic Pluto encounter and the spacecraft's next target in the Kuiper Belt - live on Facebook - beginning at at 4 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC).
January 18, 2017
Hubble spies exocomets’ plunge into star
Interstellar forecast for a nearby star: Raining comets! The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered doomed, wayward comets plunging into the star HD 172555.
January 17, 2017
Vesta, brightest asteroid, brightest for 2017
If you've never spotted an asteroid, now would be a good time to try. Vesta's 2017 opposition is around now. Guy Ottewell provides charts and explains more.
January 16, 2017
