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Pluto Has Tropics, and Other New Findings by Planetary Scientists
Yesterday at the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science conference in The Woodlands, Texas, members of the New Horizons team announced their latest findings about Pluto and its moons.
It's Fireball Season! Look Up to Spot Meteors Brighter than Venus
Learn about the "beautiful mystery" of fireball season, which peaks in the weeks around the vernal equinox.
ExoMars Launched Today to Search for Signs of Life on the Red Planet
Its mission is to find "biosignatures," or scientific markers of life.
Why We Track Asteroids Like the One That Flew by This Week
TX68 appeared to have a four in 1 billion chance of hitting Earth. That may sound like a long shot, but the odds were four times higher than the threshold NASA has set for potentially hazardous objects.
Why Some People Thought the World Might End on March 10, 1982
On March 10, 1982, a certain facet of people were bracing for a series of global disasters—earthquakes, tidal waves, and violent storms—that they believed would be caused by an alignment of all nine planets.
Astronomers Discover a Galactic Wall That Stretches 1 Billion Light-Years
This could be the largest structure in the known universe
How Do Spacemen Walk on the Moon While Being Hit By Micrometeoroids?
Watch the Mind-Blowing Total Solar Eclipse Tonight, Live
Tune in online! The total solar eclipse will occur on March 8 from 8:38 to 8:42 p.m EST.
Look Up Tonight! Jupiter Is the Biggest and Brightest It Will Be All Year
With even a modest telescope, you might be able to make out Jupiter's bands of brown, tan, and white.
Pluto Might Have Clouds Hovering Above Its Surface
An email exchange by NASA scientists reveals that they think they've spotted "a discrete fuzzy cloud" in the dwarf planet's atmosphere.
10 Everyday Technologies We Owe to NASA
You Have a .08 Percent Chance of Joining NASA's Next Astronaut Class
NASA has received a record-breaking 18,300 candidate applications.
Watch a Live Webcast of SpaceX Launching Another Falcon 9 Rocket [Update: Forget It]
The live webcast begins really soon…and they're not expecting a successful landing.
Send Your Artwork to an Asteroid (With NASA's Help)
You may never be an astronaut, but with #WeTheExplorers you can become a part of the mission.
U.S. Navy Returns to Teaching Officers How to Navigate by the Stars
The Navy wants to reduce its dependence on GPS.
High Schoolers Compete to Have Their Food Served In Space
These dishes aren't your typical astronaut fare.
Astronomers Discover an Eclipse That Lasts More Than 3 Years
When there's an eclipse, the newly discovered binary star system is shrouded in darkness for years.
On Its Anniversary, a Valentine For Voyager 1’s Pale Blue Dot
The image would never have happened if it weren't for Carl Sagan.
Look Up! The Valentine's Day Star Is High in the Sky Tonight
The red supergiant even "pulses" as its atmosphere expands and contracts.
10 Bright Facts About the Northern Lights
Seeing the astronomical phenomena known as the northern lights, a.k.a. aurora borealis, is a bucket-list item for many people.
Watch This Video of a Lightning Storm Shot from the ISS
Astronaut Tim Peake shares his breathtaking perspective.
Physicists Spot Einstein's Gravitational Waves for the First Time
After a decades-long search, scientists have managed to detect ethereal ripples in the very fabric of space.
Astronomers Discover 883 Hidden Galaxies Behind the Milky Way
The galaxies are located 250 million light-years away in the Zone of Avoidance.