NASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major…
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NASA TV to Air Events That Highlight Pluto-Bound Spacecraft
Media and the public are invited to attend two events Monday, Aug. 25 from 1-3 p.m.…
Stardust Team Reports Discovery of First Potential Interstellar Space Particles
Seven rare, microscopic interstellar dust particles that date to the beginnings of the solar system are…
NASA’s 3-D Study of Comets Reveals Chemical Factory at Work
Scientists have created detailed 3-D maps of the atmospheres surrounding comets, mapping their spread at the…
NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before
The NASA Mars Rover 2020 will carry instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations…
NASA’s Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Sets Off-World Driving Record
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth…
Ocean on Saturn Moon Could be as Salty as the Dead Sea
Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn's largest moon,…
NASA Announces Latest Progress, Upcoming Milestones in Hunt for Asteroids
NASA is on the hunt for an asteroid to capture with a robotic spacecraft, redirect to…
NASA Hubble to Begin Search Beyond Pluto for a New Horizons Mission Target
After careful consideration and analysis, the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee has recommended using Hubble…