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Gorgeous video flies you around Ceres
One of the best videos created via spacecraft images ever! Created with Dawn spacecraft images, it takes you completely around the mysterious dwarf planet, Ceres.
June 8, 2015
Giant Magellan Telescope is a go
Construction phase begins for GMT, to be placed in Chile. At first light in 2021, it'll be the largest telescope in existence, with images 10 times sharper Hubble's.
June 4, 2015
Pluto’s moons tumble in chaotic dance
Instead of rotating neatly on their axes, Pluto’s small moons Nix and Hydra are in a chaotic tumble as they orbit Pluto and its large moon Charon.
June 4, 2015
Watch NASA flying saucer test today
How to watch online as the saucer-shaped Low Density Supersonic Decelerator, or LDSD, test is broadcast beginning at 7 a.m. HST, 1 p.m. EDT, 1700 UTC.
June 4, 2015
First images from Sunday’s last close sweep of Hyperion
The Cassini mission to Saturn - which has brought us so many breathtaking images - took a last close look at Saturn's moon Hyperion on Sunday.
June 2, 2015
Crashing comets may explain lunar swirls
Scientists see wispy swirls of bright soil on the moon. A computer simulation suggests the cause may be collisions by ancient comets.
June 2, 2015
Shock collision inside black hole jet
Time-lapse movie of plasma jet blasting from a black hole in a distant galaxy. It shows a rear-end collision between two high-speed knots of the jet's matter.
June 2, 2015
LightSail phones home after 8-day silence
Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye said, "LightSail called home! It’s alive! Our LightSail spacecraft has rebooted itself, just as our engineers predicted."
May 31, 2015
Hawaii governor says Thirty Meter Telescope has right to continue
$1.5-billion project halted last month, following demonstrations. Gov. David Ige said to continue, but that one-fourth of telescopes on Mauna Kea should be removed.
May 27, 2015
9 instruments chosen for Europa mission
NASA’s 2016 budget request includes $30 million for a mission to Europa, Jupiter's moon, thought to have a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust.
May 26, 2015
