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Seasonal change on Saturn’s moon Titan
As the Cassini mission to Saturn prepares for its grand finale, scientists sound nostalgic and thrilled about data on Titan's changing seasons.
October 24, 2016
Tracking volcanos on Jupiter’s moon Io
Scientists used earthly telescopes to track hot spots on Io over a period of years and saw that it remains the most volcanically active world in our solar system.
October 24, 2016
Boom! Orbiter spies crash site on Mars
Images from space show a dark spot on Mars' surface where none was seen before, thought to be where the Schiaparelli lander crashed on Mars last Wednesday.
October 22, 2016
More evidence for a 9th planet
Is a hypothetical large planet - far beyond Neptune - causing a tilt in the sun? Plus, evidence for a 9th planet based on "extreme Kuiper Belt objects."
October 21, 2016
Asgardia: Space nation or pie in sky?
"I have become citizen number 62 of Asgardia, a new space nation dedicated to expanding peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of humanity."
October 20, 2016
Hot Jupiters’ cloudy nights, blistering days
The distant exoplanets known as "hot Jupiters" orbit their stars so tightly that they're perpetually charbroiled. Plus they keep one face toward their stars.
October 20, 2016
ESA’s Mars craft landed, but not softly
"We have data coming back that allow us to fully understand the steps that did occur, and why the soft landing did not occur.” Meanwhile, the orbiter is A-OK.
October 20, 2016
Juno in safe mode for Jupiter flyby
A sudden safe mode halted planned data collection during the spacecraft's perijove - or closest point to Jupiter - on October 19. Next perijove December 11.
October 19, 2016
Animation: Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars
Computer-generated animation of the descent of the Schiaparelli lander to the surface of Mars. Real one will happen this Wednesday, October 19.
October 17, 2016
Is asteroid 2016 HO3 a second moon?
No, it orbits the sun. But its orbit keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, and it'll remain so for centuries to come.
October 17, 2016
