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Gases left by Perseid meteors a boon to these astronomers
Enjoy this year’s Perseid meteor shower which peaks on the night of August 11-12; astronomers say they will, too!
August 9, 2013
Hubble Space Telescope solves a 40-year mystery
What is the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around our Milky Way galaxy? Now we know.
August 8, 2013
If we landed on Jupiter’s moon Europa, what would we want to know?
So far, scientists have seen a fractured, ice-covered world with tantalizing signs of a liquid water ocean - a possible home for microbial life - under its surface.
August 8, 2013
The sun’s magnetic field is about to flip
Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is about to flip.
August 6, 2013
Hubble sees the fireball from a kilonova
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a new kind of stellar blast called a kilonova that's about 1,000 times brighter than a regular nova.
August 5, 2013
Video: Curiosity’s first year on Mars in two minutes
Cool rover’s eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity rover’s first year on Mars.
August 5, 2013
Perseid fireballs are already arriving!
NASA says the annual Perseid meteor shower produces more fireballs than any other. Although the shower's peak is still some days away, the fireballs are here!
August 3, 2013
First X-ray detection of exoplanet passing in front of its star
The planet - HD 189733b - is a hot Jupiter, similar in size to Jupiter but more than 30 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun. It orbits its star once every 2.2 days.
July 30, 2013
Station astronauts remotely control planetary rover from space
"Specifically, this project represents the first fully-interactive remote operation of a planetary rover by an astronaut in space." - Terry Fong
July 30, 2013
Mysterious centaurs are comets, say NASA scientists
"Our data point to a cometary origin for most of the objects, suggesting they are coming from deeper out in the solar system." - James Bauer
July 29, 2013
