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NASA's Mars 2020 Science Definition Team this week released its recommendations for a rover the agency plans to send to the red planet by 2020. The...

Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Months-Long Journey

One month ago, Mars rover Curiosity began preparing for a 5-mile drive by shifting i...

Mars Rover Opportunity Crosses Botany Bay

NASA today provided an update not on Mars rover Curiosity, but its elder rover...

Voyager 1 Still Not Quite Out of the Solar System

Back in December, NASA announced that the Voyager 1 probe had...

Billion-Pixel Panorama of Mars Released by NASA

During its 10 months on the red planet, Mars rover Curiosity has taken hundreds of high-quality photographs of the Martian...

Mars Rover Curiosity Prepares For Long Drive

NASA today revealed that Mars rover Curiosity will soon wrap up its e...

Monster Saturn Hurricane Imaged by Cassini

NASA has revealed new pictures and of a massive hurricane on Saturn taken by the...

Mars Rover Opportunity Found in Standby Mode After Solar Conjunction

The rovers on Mars this month were under a command moratorium as Mars passed behind the sun, an event known as solar conjunction. Now that the solar conjunction has ended, researc...

Voyager 1 Module Added to NASA’s Solar System Viewer

There's been some confusion in recent months over whether Voyager 1 has actually exited the Solar System. NASA scientists have...

Mars Rover Curiosity Swaps Computers

NASA announced today that Mars rover Curiosity has switched onboard c...

Mars Rover Curiosity Shows Off Its First Drill Sample

Last week, Mars rover Curiosity, after months of meticulous planning, finally...

Mars Rover Curiosity Drills a Rock, Makes History

After months of careful planning and...

Mars Rover Curiosity Pounds a Rock

NASA today announced that Mars rover Curiosity is closer than ever to...

Cassini Spotted Storm Eating Itself on Saturn

NASA's Cassini probe has spotted a storm on Saturn that has "consumed"...