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The Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its Third Year on Mars Today
On August 6, 2012, Curiosity pulled off a sick landing on Mars. Here’s what the rover has been up to since then.
New Experiments Make That ‘Impossible’ Engine Look a Little More Possible
The theoretical technology that could take us to Pluto in 18 months may be real, new findings show.
Aliens in the Backyard: How Amateur Astronomers Will Help Find E.T.
Last week, a Russian billionaire pledged $100 million toward the search for intelligent alien life. Has the movement's moment finally come?
A Black Hole Just Awakened from Its Slumber
After 26 years of darkness, V404 Cygni is back on the X-ray map.
Bits of the Russian Spacecraft that Spun Out of Control Hit Earth Today
There was no threat to humans.
The Last Dispatch of a Doomed Spacecraft
The MESSENGER orbiter discovered the age of Mercury’s magnetic field as it spiraled to its death.
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Watch The Sun Barf Out an Eight-Million-Mile Plasma Jet
The ejection spanned a length 33 times that of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
It's the 100th anniversary of NACA, the precursor to NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was originally the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.