It's the 10-year anniversary of the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 billion-year-old comet
On November 12 2014, Philae – the lander of the spacecraft Rosetta of the European Space Agency (ESA) – landed on a comet for ...
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Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was the '80s!
Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the ...
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How Old Is the Solar System, and How Did It Form?
How our own Solar System came to be? How we could know? Telescopes, microscopes, spectrometers, and gravitational wave detectors all help to piece together the deep history of our Solar System. Thanks ...
NASA’s only visit to Uranus happened during a rare cosmic occurrence
This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, ...
NASA spacecraft captures stunning new images of Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back new, eye-catching images of Jupiter, capturing intricate views of the planet's turbulent atmosphere as well as one of its lesser-known moons. On Oct. 23, the ...
Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, as his ...
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SpaceX stacks Flight 6 Starship megarocket ahead of Nov. 19 launch (photos)
SpaceX's Starship megarocket has come together ahead of its sixth-ever test flight next week. SpaceX has stacked Starship 's ...
Astrophotographer Captures Milky Way Over Easter Island's Moai During Eclipse
Astrophotographer Josh Dury’s photo of the Milky Way over Easter Island’s Moai statues has been honoured by NASA as Astronomy Photo of the Day.