NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, who are making final preparations for a Sept.…
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Out There: A Reverie for the Voyager Probes, Humanity’s Calling Cards
Launched 40 years ago, the spacecraft have sailed beyond the solar system, artifacts of a civilization…
Glory of the Heavens
This composite image shows the progression of a partial solar eclipse over Ross Lake, in Northern…
It could be snowing on Mars right now
The Red Planet may have had intense snowstorms long ago when it was wetter, but a…
It could be snowing on Mars right now
The Red Planet may have had intense snowstorms long ago when it was wetter, but a…
Saturn-lit Tethys
Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side…
Atlas V Rocket and TDRS-M
As the Sun rises at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…
NASA Successfully Launches Latest Communications Satellite
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series…
Scientists Improve Brown Dwarf Weather Forecasts
Researchers have a new model for explaining how clouds move and change shape in brown dwarfs,…
An Eclipse by Any Other Name: Doing Science with Transits and Occultations
While the mechanics of a total solar eclipse are actually rather mundane, different flavors of this…