Our beyond magnificent Curiosity rover has just finished her latest Red Planet drilling campaign - at the rock target called "Quela" - into the simply unfathomable alien landscapes she is currently exploring at the "Murray Buttes" region of lower Mount Sharp. And it's all in a Sols (or Martian Day's) work for our intrepid Curiosity!
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Like everything else in the Universe, stars come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and colors, and three of which are interconnected.
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The Rosetta comet probe will leave its flyover orbit today to prepare for its dramatic free-fall descent to the surface of Comet 67P/C-G on Friday morning Sept. 30.
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Debris flows are fast-moving landslides made up of liquefied, unconsolidated, and saturated mass. They are one of the most dangerous natural hazards in the world today.
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Investigators have determined that a "large breach" in the second stage helium system likely triggered the catastrophic Falcon 9 launch pad explosion that suddenly destroyed the rocket and Israeli commercial payload during a routine fueling test three weeks ago, SpaceX announced today, Friday, Sept. 23.
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Bad news, our Sun is living on borrowed time. It's only got a few billion years left. But there might be a way we can extend its life, and make it last for trillions of years into the future.
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With the recent passage of the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016, NASA can look forward to financial stability in the coming year
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Using data from the PS1 survey, an international team of researchers has made some interesting discoveries about Neptune's Trojan asteroids
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NASA is targeting mid-October for the 'Return to Flight' launch of the upgraded Orbital ATK Antares rocket on a cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in nearly two years. Antares will launch for the first time in the 230 configuration powered by new Russian-built first stage engines.
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The Moon occults Aldebaran tonight, crosses the Hyades star cluster and more.
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Elon Musk is suggesting that SpaceX's Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) can go a lot further than Mars. What does this mean for their plans?
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After days of delay caused by a technical glitch, the Russian space agency has announced that the Soyuz SM-02 mission will launch on Nov. 1st
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL- Think a Holodeck adventure on Star Trek guided by real life Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and you'll get a really good idea of what's in store for you as you explore the surface of Mars like never before in the immersive new 'Destination Mars' interactive holographic exhibit opening to the public today, Monday, Sept.19 at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Florida.
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It's not just our Solar System that has a habitable zone, it turns out our entire galaxy has regions which would be hostile to the formation of life as we know it.
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An amazing new view of Ceres' Ahuna Mons reveals it as a towering volcanic dome likely composed of salty mud. The Dawn spacecraft also found evidence for a scant atmosphere on the dwarf planet.
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Reaching across the Great Plains - from Texas to the Canadian Prairies - is the infamous "Tornado Alley", where tornado activity is very common.
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As Earth's outermost layer, the temperature of its crust varies considerably, depending on where it is measured from and various other factors.
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Whether a volcano is active or dormant is complicated, as these geological features can have very long lifespans that go far beyond human reckoning.
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Comets crack up regularly, but rarely do we get a front row seat to watch one disintegrate before our eyes. Thanks to Hubble, we have the sharpest photos of this catastrophic event yet.
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The most stunning panoramic vistas likely ever snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover reveal spectacularly layered Martian rock formations in such exquisite detail that they look and feel just like America's desert Southwest landscapes. They were just captured a week ago and look like a scene straight out of the hugely popular science fiction movie 'The Martian' - only they are real !!
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According to a recent study by a team from Ohio State University, astronomers may have witnessed the formation of a black hole for the first time
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Where our atmosphere ends and space begins has been the subject of debate for some time. But thanks to decades of exploration, we have a working definition.
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Friday night will feature a big orange Harvest Moon rising in the eastern sky at sunset. You don't want to miss it.
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - Less than two weeks after a still mysterious launch pad explosion utterly destroyed a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during testing on Sept. 1, the bold and seemingly undaunted firm is already setting its sights on a 'Return to Flight' launch as early as November of this year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday.
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Israel's newest spy satellite has successfully reached orbit, but is experiencing problems and not functioning properly.
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Like Earth, Jupiter experiences weather patterns. The only difference is that - as with everything else on Jupiter - they are much, much bigger!
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Given the importance of geology to space exploration, the ESA is conducting multiple programs to make sure astronauts understand rocks!
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A new study probes the circum-stellar disks structures (CDSs) around 3 Sun-like stars to try to better understand the structure of these rings.
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Much like Earth, the Sun is not a single object, but is made up of layer. Each layer is responsible for a different function that adds up to it providing us with all the heat and light we need to live
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Bound for Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx robotic explorer began a trailblazing 7 year round trip sampling sortie on Sept. 8 in search of the origin of life with a spectacular sky show - thrilling spectators ringing the Florida Space Coast.
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Located in the Sagittarius constellation, some 2,150 light years away from Earth, is the bright and large open star cluster known as Messier 23
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Blue Origin just unveiled its newest rocket, the New Shepard, which will be able to provide launch services and send crewed missions into high orbit.
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Curiosity's latest images show the region known as Murray Butters, which bears a striking resemblance to the deserts of the Southwestern United States
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Using a handy time machine, we zoom into the future to get a sneak peek at the sky to come.
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The space startup company Infinity2Space moves closer to the concept of Bloostar, or launching satellites into orbit via balloon.
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - More than a week after the catastrophic launch pad explosion that eviscerated a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a fueling test, the bold and burgeoning aerospace firm is still confounded by the "most difficult and complex failure" in its history, and is asking the public for help in nailing down the elusive cause - says SpaceX CEO and Founder Elon Musk in a new series of tweets, that also seeks the public's help in the complex investigation.
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