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Venus has planet-sized space weather explosions
Scientists like to compare Earth and Venus. What happened differently at Venus to make it so harsh and inhospitable? These space weather explosions may help explain.
February 21, 2014
Did a meteorite smash a roof in Sri Lanka?
Scientists are still investigating the nature of the mysterious rock, which created a hole in the roof - and interior damage - in a house in Sri Lanka.
February 20, 2014
Video: Mars, Spica, moon rising and setting
In case you haven't heard, the planet Mars is back! Getting brighter. Nearly at its best. James McCue includes Mars in this cool video.
February 20, 2014
Clouds circling a supermassive black hole
An international team of astronomers sight huge clouds of gas orbiting supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. Watch a video depicting the swirling clouds.
February 19, 2014
Interstellar magnetic fields warp as our sun and heliosphere move through galaxy
This illustration shows our heliosphere - the sphere of the sun's influence - moving through the space of our Milky Way galaxy.
February 18, 2014
Video: The World Outside My Window
Time-lapse photography from International Space Station Expeditions 29, 30 and 31.
February 16, 2014
Venus brightest in mid-February for all of 2014
What's that very bright star or planet in the east before sunrise now? It's the planet Venus, now near its time of greatest brilliancy.
February 14, 2014
Chinese moon rover Yutu is awake
After hibernating in the cold lunar night, the Chinese moon rover Yutu seemed dead. Then it showed signs of life. Now it's awake! Will it be able to finish its mission?
February 13, 2014
Looking backwards along a rover’s path on Mars
Last week, the rover Curiosity crossed successfully over some potentially hazardous terrain, at a place called Dingo Gap on Mars. This movie looks backwards along its path.
February 12, 2014
First global geologic map of Jupiter’s large moon Ganymede
Scientists say the new map of Ganymede is the first complete global geologic map of an icy moon of an outer planet.
February 12, 2014
