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For two weeks last August, all hell broke loose on Jupiter’s moon Io
The energy emitted by these volcanic eruptions implies lava fountains gushing at a huge volume per second, forming lava flows that quickly spread over Io's surface.
August 4, 2014
Zoom close to Mercury’s surface via MESSENGER spacecraft
You've got to see the movie made by the MESSENGER spacecraft in June 2014, when it began a series of close passes to the sun's innermost planet, Mercury.
August 4, 2014
Soon-to-be-famous comet passes a ringed galaxy
Beautiful image of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring from this weekend. This is the comet that will pass extremely near Mars in October. Thank you, Damian Peach!
August 4, 2014
Watch online as the moon sweeps in front of Saturn
Online coverage of the moon photobombing Saturn - seen from Australia - will begin on Monday, August 4, starting at 4 a.m. PDT / 7 a.m. EDT / 11:00 UTC.
August 3, 2014
Scientist warns of inevitable solar super-storm propelled towards Earth
Such a storm would wreak havoc with our communication systems and power supplies, and scientists say we're overdue.
August 1, 2014
Wildly misaligned planet-forming disks in binary star system HK Tau
There've been hints in the past that this type of misaligned system exists, but this is the cleanest and most striking example, astronomers say.
July 30, 2014
Milky Way is about half as massive as Andromeda galaxy, say astronomers
Dark matter makes up 90% of the matter in both systems, the study finds.
July 30, 2014
101 geysers on Enceladus, ice moon of Saturn
Researchers have concluded that the only plausible source for the geysers is an underground sea now known to exist beneath Enceladus' icy surface.
July 29, 2014
Mars rover set an off-world driving distance record this week
NASA’s Opportunity rover, still going after 10 years on Mars, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record with 25 miles of driving.
July 29, 2014
Pluto-bound New Horizons update
New Horizons - en route to Pluto - is currently out of hibernation for a series of engineering and navigation checks, which will continue until the end of August 2014.
July 28, 2014
