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New Horizons’ first color pic of Pluto
New Horizons spacecraft is now only three months away from its historic sweep through the Pluto-Charon system in mid-July. First image in color!
April 15, 2015
Watch April 16 telecon on MESSENGER’s crash into Mercury
After more than 10 years in space, the spacecraft will collide with Mercury, ending its mission, around late April. NASA telecon scheduled for April 16 at 1 p.m. EDT (17:00 UTC).
April 14, 2015
Liftoff!
SpaceX Dragon capsule now on its way to International Space Station after Tuesday's successful liftoff via Falcon 9 rocket. Rendezvous set for Friday morning.
April 14, 2015
Explaining the great 2011 Saturn storm
A storm on Saturn began in late 2010. Six months later, it wrapped entirely around the planet. Later, it subsided. Two planetary scientists explain.
April 14, 2015
Color map suggests a once-active Ceres
Plus ... what infrared data show about the Ceres bright spots.
April 13, 2015
Mars has belts of glaciers
A thick layer of dust covers the Martian ice. Under the dust, there are glaciers made of frozen water.
April 12, 2015
See a cloud passing our Milky Way’s central black hole
Join astronomers in examining the fate of G2, which has survived its encounter with the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.
April 11, 2015
This image shows an Einstein Ring
The ring is caused by a near-perfect alignment of two galaxies with respect to Earth. One galaxy is 'lensing' the other galaxy's light.
April 11, 2015
Life’s building blocks in infant star system
"From a life in the universe point of view, this is great news,” said a researcher.
April 10, 2015
Auroras over US and similar latitudes
A geomagnetic storm sparked a display of auroras on the night of April 9-10. Auroras sighted as far south as Colorado! The storm may intensify later today.
April 10, 2015
