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An asteroid discovered just last year and given tentative 1 in 500 odds of hitting the Earth in February 2040 is now no longer a danger to the planet, according to...

NASA Releases New Cassini, Spitzer Photos For the Holidays

Just in time for the holidays, NASA has released two new space photos filled with festive greens and reds. The photo seen ab...

NASA tests Orion Space Capsule Parachutes

This week, NASA completed tests on the Orion spacecraft's parachutes. Th...

Cassini to Track Venus Transit, Study Exoplanets

NASA announced today that it will begin using the Cassini probe's visua...

NASA Releases a “Game” to Crowd-Source Cloud Classification

NASA this week has launched a "game" that allows anyone to identify galactic clouds in a series of photos. The game, called...

Globular Cluster Aging Revealed in New Study

Globular clusters are spherical groupings of stars tightly bound by gravity. While these objects are usually 12 to 13 billion years old, a new study has found that clusters can ap...

Mars Rover Curiosity Prepares to Drill a Rock

Nearly all of the instruments packed into Mars rover Curiosity's frame have been utilized, but once crucial test has yet t...

Mayan Calendar Doomsday Prophecies a Hoax, Says NASA

Predictions about the end of the world on Friday, December 21 are reaching a fever pitch. From rogue planets to shifting poles, the crazy ideas put forth for how humanity will soo...

New Crew Lifts Off to the International Space Station [VIDEO]

The next crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has left the Earth. The Expedition 34 crew today...

NASA Looks Back on a Historic Year in Space [VIDEO]

This year, as usual, was a historic year for NASA, spaceflight, astronomy...

NASA Probes Smash Into Moon Mountain as Planned

NASA's GRAIL project spacecrafts, Ebb and Flow, crash-landed on the surface of the...

NASA Probes Prepare to Slam Into the Moon

NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes today comp...

NASA Video Shows Three-Mile-Long Asteroid Swing By Earth

On Wednesday, December 12, the three-mile-long asteroid named "Toutatis" made its closest approach to earth....