22 Dec 2015 - Rare Full Moon on Christmas Day
22 Dec 2015 - Rare Full Moon on Christmas DayNot since 1977 has a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas. But this year, a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays.
View Article22 Dec 2015 - NASA Suspends 2016 InSight Launch
22 Dec 2015 - NASA Suspends 2016 InSight LaunchAfter thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to call off the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations...
View Article23 Dec 2015 - Radar Images of a Christmas-Eve Asteroid: An Early Gift for...
23 Dec 2015 - Radar Images of a Christmas-Eve Asteroid: An Early Gift for AstronomersAsteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth on Dec. 24 at a distance of 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers).
View Article30 Dec 2015 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Achieves Milestone With...
30 Dec 2015 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Achieves Milestone With Plutonium-238 SampleBy producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation's...
View Article31 Dec 2015 - What's Up - January 2016
31 Dec 2015 - What's Up - January 2016What's Up for January? A meteor shower, a binocular comet, and the winter circle of stars!
View Article31 Dec 2015 - Looking Back at the 'Year of Pluto'
31 Dec 2015 - Looking Back at the 'Year of Pluto'NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will mark New Year's some 125 million miles beyond Pluto, far removed from the excitement and activity that accompanied...
View Article4 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 4
4 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 4Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: 2016 preview
View Article7 Jan 2016 - NASA Office to Coordinate Asteroid Detection, Hazard Mitigation
7 Jan 2016 - NASA Office to Coordinate Asteroid Detection, Hazard MitigationNASA has formalized its ongoing program for detecting and tracking near-Earth objects.
View Article11 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 11
11 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 11Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: Saturn's moons and more
View Article12 Jan 2016 - New Details on Ceres Seen in Dawn Images
12 Jan 2016 - New Details on Ceres Seen in Dawn ImagesFeatures on dwarf planet Ceres that piqued the interest of scientists throughout 2015 stand out in exquisite detail in the latest images from...
View Article13 Jan 2016 - NASA's Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record
13 Jan 2016 - NASA's Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance RecordNASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity's most distant solar-powered emissary. The milestone...
View Article18 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 18
18 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 18Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: Call the shots at Jupiter, and more
View Article15 Jan 2016 - NASA's Stardust Sample Return was 10 Years Ago Today
15 Jan 2016 - NASA's Stardust Sample Return was 10 Years Ago TodayThe Stardust capsule carried precious cargo that revolutionized our understanding of comets.
View Article21 Jan 2016 - Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet
21 Jan 2016 - Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth PlanetCaltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The...
View Article21 Jan 2016 - A Planetary Quintet is Dancing Across the Skies
21 Jan 2016 - A Planetary Quintet is Dancing Across the SkiesEarly risers have an opportunity to see five naked-eye planets in pre-dawn skies during late January and continuing through late February.
View Article22 Jan 2016 - Voyager Mission Celebrates 30 Years Since Uranus
22 Jan 2016 - Voyager Mission Celebrates 30 Years Since UranusVoyager 2 sent back stunning images of the planet Uranus 30 years ago
View Article25 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 25
25 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 25Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: a tour of the solar system
View Article1 Feb 2016 - What's Up - February 2016
1 Feb 2016 - What's Up - February 2016Five morning planets, comet Catalina passes Polaris, and icy Uranus and icy Vesta meet near Valentine's Day.
View Article1 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 1
1 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 1Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: a toolkit of 10 essential resources for the armchair astronaut
View Article2 Feb 2016 - Airborne Asteroid Impact Chasers Release Findings On Space Junk...
2 Feb 2016 - Airborne Asteroid Impact Chasers Release Findings On Space Junk Object WT1190FThe dramatic fall reentry of a piece of space debris has served as a dress rehearsal for researchers who...
View Article2 Feb 2016 - Saturn's Rings: Less than Meets the Eye?
2 Feb 2016 - Saturn's Rings: Less than Meets the Eye?A recent study from NASA's Cassini mission proves that, in the mysterious and beautiful rings of Saturn, appearances can be deceiving.
View Article3 Feb 2016 - NASA's Juno Spacecraft Burns for Jupiter
3 Feb 2016 - NASA's Juno Spacecraft Burns for JupiterNASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully executed a maneuver to adjust its flight path today, Feb. 3. The maneuver refined the spacecraft's...
View Article1 Feb 2016 - The Many Lives of "Planet X"
1 Feb 2016 - The Many Lives of "Planet X"The idea of planets beyond Neptune has long fascinated astronomers
View Article8 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 8
8 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 8Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: From Pluto, with Love
View Article10 Feb 2016 - Exotic Cosmic Locales Available as Space Tourism Posters
10 Feb 2016 - Exotic Cosmic Locales Available as Space Tourism PostersFourteen space travel posters of colorful, exotic cosmic settings are now available free for downloading and printing.
View Article12 Feb 2016 - ESA's Comet Lander Faces Eternal Hibernation
12 Feb 2016 - ESA's Comet Lander Faces Eternal HibernationThe Philae lander is facing conditions on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from which it is unlikely to recover
View Article15 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 15
15 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 15Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: travel posters for the planets
View Article18 Feb 2016 - Happy Discovery Day, Pluto
18 Feb 2016 - Happy Discovery Day, PlutoHappy discovery day, Pluto. A young astronomer discovered the icy world on Feb. 18, 1930.
View Article22 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 22
22 Feb 2016 - 10 Things: February 22Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: portraits of the space robots
View Article26 Feb 2016 - Revisit NASA's Mars Pathfinder and Rover (360 View)
26 Feb 2016 - Revisit NASA's Mars Pathfinder and Rover (360 View)You can explore the landing site of NASA's Pathfinder mission with your mouse or mobile device. This 360-degree view uses images taken...
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