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LEGO figurines going to Jupiter with Juno spacecraft
NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft will carry LEGO likenesses of Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter, and his wife Juno to Jupiter.
August 4, 2011
Astronomers find 96 new star clusters hidden in Milky Way dust
Astronomers found 96 new star clusters in our Milky Way - the first time so many have been found at once. Each spans light-years and contains 10-20 stars.
August 3, 2011
Juno spacecraft’s goal to reveal Jupiter’s secrets
On August 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a $1.1 billion mission to Jupiter. The craft will orbit for a year and sweep near Jupiter's cloudtops.
August 2, 2011
New Mars Rover Curiosity now has a landing site
Curiosity has more than twice the length and and five times the weight of previous Mars rovers. It's scheduled to launch in 2011 and arrive in August 2012.
July 31, 2011
A Trojan asteroid for Earth?
Astronomers have discovered the first known Trojan asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth.
July 29, 2011
The end of the universe in simulations
Researchers at the University of Maryland just tried to simulate the the Big Crunch - the end of the universe. Who knew all you needed was gold and plastic?
July 29, 2011
New nebula discovered by amateur
An amateur astronomer from Austria helping with the Kepler search for planets like Earth finds a beautiful nebula -- Kronberger 61.
July 26, 2011
Mystery moon domes found on far side
Mysterious volcanic domes - rich in silica - have been found on the far side of the moon. Their origin remains enigmatic. Read more about mystery moon domes.
July 26, 2011
Final photo of Atlantis in space: End of an era
On July 21, just 21 minutes before Atlantis' final deorbit burn, astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured this image of the shuttle crossing in front of the sun.
July 25, 2011
Largest, oldest mass of water in universe around a black hole
The cloud of water vapor - 140 trillion times more water than in Earth's oceans - is 12 billion light-years away and surrounds the black hole of quasar.
July 25, 2011
