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NASA spacecraft spots 12-mile-high Martian dust devil
The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught sight of this beauty as it whirled on the sands of the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.
May 16, 2012
Dawn spacecraft reveals landscapes of Vesta
Findings from the Dawn spacecraft reveal enormous impact craters and diverse mineralogy on the asteroid Vesta, the second largest object in the asteroid belt.
May 15, 2012
Solar storm effects may give Earth a glancing blow on May 14
Effects of a coronal mass ejection from huge sunspot region 1476 will deliver a glancing blow (solar storm) to Earth today, while in route to Mars.
May 14, 2012
New planet found in distant solar system by its tug on another world
Using the same technique that led to Neptune's discovery in 1846, astronomers have found a new planet by observing its pull on a neighboring world.
May 12, 2012
Orbiting spacecraft shows Mars’ surprising shifting sands
An orbiting spacecraft shows sand dunes on Mars shift and move at about the same rate as earthly dunes. Yet Mars atmosphere is thin, and its winds are weak.
May 11, 2012
Vast ball of stars in a globular cluster
In this image shows a vast ball of stars in globular cluster Messier 55, tens of thousands of stars are crowded together like a swarm of bees.
May 10, 2012
James Webb Space Telescope gets its first instrument
The James Webb Space Telescope, aka Hubble 2.0, now has its first instrument. The instrument took 10 years and 200 scientists to build.
May 10, 2012
Hubble to use moon as mirror to watch Venus transit
The Hubble telescope will use the moon as a mirror to observe the transit of Venus on June 5-6, 2012.
May 9, 2012
Earth-like planets not likely in systems with hot Jupiters
Earth-like planets are not likely to be found in systems that have a what's called a "hot Jupiter," according to new research.
May 8, 2012
