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China Shares Stunning New Moon Photos With the World

China has released hundreds of photos from Chang'e 3 lunar lander and Yutu rover.

6 years ago

A Cataclysmic Collision Formed the Moon, but Killed Theia

The Moon is the first object in space that fascinate us Earthlings, and wondering how it got there is a…

6 years ago

Massive Ariane 5 To Launch Giant NextGen Telescope In Dynamic Deployment To L2

The Ariane 5 rocket will carry the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit and send it on its way to…

6 years ago

What Would Earth Look Like With Rings?

People have often wondered what Earth would look like if it had Saturn's rings. JPL's Kevin Gill lets them know…

6 years ago

Comet Catalina Grows Two Tails, Soars at Dawn

Amateur astronomer Chris Schur of Arizona had only five minutes to observe and photograph Comet Catalina this morning before twilight…

6 years ago

Artificial Object in Trans-lunar Orbit to Impact Earth on November 13

Get ready for a man-made fireball. A object discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on Oct 3rd temporarily designated WT1190F is…

6 years ago

How to See the Spooktacular Halloween Flyby of Asteroid 2015 TB145

Trick or treat! I think we're definitely in for a treat.  2015 TB145  will fly past Earth at a safe distance…

6 years ago

Thousands of Pits Punctuate Pluto’s Forbidding Plains in Latest Photos

A brand new batch of Pluto and Charon photos showed up today on the New Horizons LORRI (LOng-Range Reconnaissance Imager)…

6 years ago

What’s Orbiting KIC 8462852 – Shattered Comet or Alien Megastructure?

"Bizarre." "Interesting." "Giant transit".  That were the reactions of Planet Hunters project volunteers when they got their first look at the light…

6 years ago

A Bloody Beautiful Supermoon Eclipse!

Like some of you, I outran the clouds just in time to catch last night's total lunar eclipse. What a beautiful…

6 years ago