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Voyager Spacecraft Actually Has Left the Solar System, Argues New Study

- August 16, 2013

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Kepler Space Telescope Broken, NASA Gives Up on Restoration

- August 15, 2013

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NASA Reveals Its Zero Gravity 3D Printer

- August 13, 2013

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NASA’s Juno Hits Halfway Point on Journey to Jupiter

- August 12, 2013

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Smallest Planet Yet Spotted Around Sun-Like Star

- August 9, 2013

Curiosity Rover Sings Itself the Loneliest Happy Birthday in History

This week, NASA celebrated the one year anniversary of the Mars Curiosity Rover'...

NASA Celebrates Curiosity’s One Year Anniversary

NASA today celebrated the one year (Earth year) anniversary of Mars rover Curiosity's landing on Mars...

NASA Mars Mission Being Prepped For Launch

As NASA's Mars rover Curiosity...

Mars Rover Curiosity Rolls Toward Its First Anniversary

On August 6, 2012, Mars rover Curiosity landed on the red planet, in a site called Gale Crater. The...

Mars Rover Curiosity’s First Year in First-Person

Next week will mark the one-year (Earth year) anniversary of Mars rover Curiosity's Mars landing. Th...

NASA Reviews Asteroid Capture Mission Ideas

Back in June, NASA issued a "Grand Challenge" to catalogue all of the near-Earth asteroids that could potentially threaten life...

NASA Names Ellen Stofan New Chief Scientist

NASA today announced that Ellen Stofan will be NASA's next chief scientist. Starting August 25, Stofan will be NASA Administra...

Most “Centaurs” Are Comets, Say Astronomers

For years, the small objects orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune have remained a mystery to astronomers. Dubbed "centaurs," researchers were unsure what exactly the objec...

Mars Rover Curiosity Sets One-Day Driving Record

Mars rover Curiosity is currently on a months-long journey to a Martian mountain...

NASA Board to Investigate Spacewalk Malfunction

One week ago, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy glided outside the International Space Station (...

Water on Mars Left With Atmosphere, Shows Rover

It's been nearly one year since Mars rover Curiosity landed on Mars in August 2012. During that year, the rover has analyzed soil, drilled rock samples to determine whether condit...

Comet ISON Could Put On a Great Light Show

In November of 2013, the universe is throwing a "dirty snowball" right within sight of our Earth. And it could end up being a spectacular sight. Comet ISON, named after the Inte...

Mars Rover Curiosity Hits a 1 Kilometer Milestone

Last week, NASA revealed that Mars rover Curiosity has traveled more than 325 feet (99...

Spacewalk Cut Short by Wardrobe Malfunction

Early this morning, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut...

Neptune’s 14th Moon Was Discovered on July 1st

Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun at nearly 2.8 million miles, or 30 times as far away as earth, and makes a...