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Gullies on Vesta Suggest Past Water-Mobilized Flows
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Gullies on Vesta Suggest Past Water-Mobilized Flows

Protoplanet Vesta, visited by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2013, was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures...

Hilltop Panorama Marks Mars Rover's 11th Anniversary
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Hilltop Panorama Marks Mars Rover's 11th Anniversary

A panorama from one of the highest elevations that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached in its 11 years on Mars includes the U.S. flag at the summit...

Nasa, Microsoft Collaboration Will Allow Scientists to 'work on Mars'
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Nasa, Microsoft Collaboration Will Allow Scientists to 'work on Mars'

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called OnSight, a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology...

Telescope to Seek Dust Where Other Earths May Lie
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Telescope to Seek Dust Where Other Earths May Lie

The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the "habitable zone" around a star, opening a new door...

Dawn Delivers New Image of Ceres
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Dawn Delivers New Image of Ceres

As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images taken in...

'lost' 2003 Mars Lander Found By Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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'lost' 2003 Mars Lander Found By Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, built by the United Kingdom, has been thought lost on Mars since 2003, but has now been found in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance...

Crystal-Rich Rock 'mojave' Is Next Mars Drill Target
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Crystal-Rich Rock 'mojave' Is Next Mars Drill Target

A rock target where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is using its sample-collection drill this week may have a salty story to tell.

Nasa and Esa Celebrate 10 Years Since Titan Landing
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Nasa and Esa Celebrate 10 Years Since Titan Landing

Ten years ago, an explorer from Earth parachuted into the haze of an alien moon toward an uncertain fate.

Machines Teach Astronomers About Stars
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Machines Teach Astronomers About Stars

Astronomers are enlisting the help of machines to sort through thousands of stars in our galaxy and learn their sizes, compositions and other basic traits.

Nasa Mars Rover Opportunity Climbs to High Point on Rim
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Nasa Mars Rover Opportunity Climbs to High Point on Rim

After completing two drives this week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has paused to photograph the panoramic vista from the highest point the rover has...

Scientists Pinpoint Saturn With Exquisite Accuracy
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Scientists Pinpoint Saturn With Exquisite Accuracy

Scientists have paired NASA's Cassini spacecraft with the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system to pinpoint the position...

Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres
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Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft...

Sun Sizzles in High-Energy X-Rays
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Sun Sizzles in High-Energy X-Rays

For the first time, a mission designed to set its eyes on black holes and other objects far from our solar system has turned its gaze back closer to home, capturing...

Rosetta Orbiter to Swoop Down On Comet in February
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Rosetta Orbiter to Swoop Down On Comet in February

The European Space Agency's orbiting Rosetta spacecraft is expected to come within four miles (six kilometers) of the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...

NASA Voyager: 'Tsunami Wave' Still Flies Through Interstellar Space
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NASA Voyager: 'Tsunami Wave' Still Flies Through Interstellar Space

The Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three shock waves. The most recent shock wave, first observed in February 2014, still appears to be going on. One wave,...

Signs of Ancient Mars Lakes and Quakes Seen in New Map
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Signs of Ancient Mars Lakes and Quakes Seen in New Map

Long ago, in the largest canyon system in our solar system, vibrations from "marsquakes" shook soft sediments that had accumulated in Martian lakes.

Opals: Light Beams Let Data Rates Soar
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Opals: Light Beams Let Data Rates Soar

You may know opals as fiery gemstones, but something special called OPALS is floating above us in space. On the International Space Station, the Optical Payload...

Saturn's Moons: What a Difference a Decade Makes
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Saturn's Moons: What a Difference a Decade Makes

Almost immediately after NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft made their brief visits to Saturn in the early 1980s, scientists were hungry for more.

Nasa's Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to How Water Helped Shape Martian Landscape
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Nasa's Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to How Water Helped Shape Martian Landscape

Observations by NASA's Curiosity Rover indicate Mars' Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years.

On Pluto’s Doorstep, NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter
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On Pluto’s Doorstep, NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter

After a voyage of nearly nine years and three billion miles—the farthest any space mission has ever traveled to reach its primary target—NASA's New Horizons spacecraft...
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