Comet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby Picture

This composite Hubble Space Telescope image captures the positions of Comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage…

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Watch Live: Comet C/2013 A meets planet Mars on Virtual Telescope

Watch Live Feed from the Virtual Telescope HERE! The Comet and the Planet: comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring meets planet…

10 years ago

Mars Satellite Fleet has Front Row Seat for Comet Viewing

(NASA) - The extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and…

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Hubble Makes Most Detailed Map Yet Of Exoplanet

(NASA, STSci) - A team of scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have made the most detailed global map yet…

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NuSTAR finds Shockingly Bright Star

(NASA) - The NuSTAR Telescope (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) has found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about…

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Mars Rover Drills First Mount Sharp Sample

This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the first sample-collection hole…

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Video of Twisting M7.3 Solar Flare

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 3:01 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory,…

10 years ago

India’s Mars Orbiter Takes Impressive Full Globe Image

In the first week since it was inserted into Mars orbit, the newest addition to the small Martian fleet of…

10 years ago

Arctic Sea Ice at Sixth Lowest Recorded Level

As if we needed more bad news about global warming, data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)…

10 years ago

NASA Finds Clear Skies and Water Vapor on Exoplanet HAT-P-11b

Seeing Starlight Through a Planet's Rim A Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its…

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