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MAVEN Mars mission launched
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission launched yesterday (November 18). The mission will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and liquid water.
November 19, 2013
Two galaxies caught masquerading as one
The closer galaxy, called UGC 10288, is 100 million light-years away. The farther galaxy is nearly 7 billion light-years away.
November 18, 2013
NASA’s MAVEN mission, to launch today, will seek a lost Mars
The video is an artist's concept showing the transition from an ancient, habitable Mars capable of supporting liquid water on its surface to the cold desert world of today.
November 18, 2013
Video: Two comets to fly by Mercury November 18 and 19
The MESSENGER spacecraft, now in orbit around Mercury, will take this opportunity to study the comets so close to the sun.
November 18, 2013
Comet ISON: What’s next?
Comet ISON is a first-time visitor from the Oort Cloud surrounding our solar system. Will it survive its November 28 brush with the sun and emerge as a bright comet?
November 15, 2013
Comet ISON has an outburst!
"We have no idea ... what ISON will do in the next couple of weeks! We simply urge everyone who can to get out and observe it while they can."
November 14, 2013
Zoom in on star cluster NGC 3572
Most stars don't form alone, but are created with many others at about the same time from a single cloud of gas and dust. NGC 3572 is one of these clusters. Here's a look a it.
November 14, 2013
Heavy atoms help give black hole jets their power
Jets of a black hole known as 4U1630-47 contains heavy particles, such as iron and nickel. It helps explain why black hole jets pack such a wallop.
November 13, 2013
NASA Cassini spacecraft provides new view of Saturn and Earth
The image sweeps 404,880 miles (651,591 km) across Saturn and its inner ring system. Plus you can see Venus, Mars and Earth.
November 12, 2013
Another view of the jet in Saturn’s F ring
The jets in Saturn's F ring are thought by scientists to be caused by the ring's particles interacting with small moons orbiting nearby.
November 12, 2013
