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Jupiter's southern pole, complete with giant cyclones.
science

Jupiter Is Even Weirder Than We Thought

Thanks to Juno, textbooks are going to need an overhaul.
Kelsey Kennedy May 26, 2017
The moon's surface on the Apollo 11 mission.
space exploration

A Bag With a Bit of Moon Dust Is Going to Auction

But it is not going to be cheap.
Kelsey Kennedy May 22, 2017
Earth and the moon (on the left) from between Saturn's rings.
science

Seeing Earth From Between Saturn's Rings, Nearly a Billion Miles Away

This is what it feels like to feel small.
Samir S. Patel April 21, 2017
The surface of Enceladus.
nasa

Found: Evidence That a Saturnine Moon Could Support Life

NASA discovered some hydrogen.
Erik Shilling April 14, 2017
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California.
nasa

NASA Found an Indian Spacecraft Lost Since 2009

Tracking lunar orbiters just became a bit easier.
Eric Grundhauser March 10, 2017
An artist's rendering of the Trappist-1 system. Planets d through f are in the star's habitable zone.
nasa

A Newly Identified, Tightly Packed Solar System Harbors the Best-Ever Possibility For Alien Life

"Questions about 'are we alone?' are being answered as we speak," said one researcher this afternoon.
Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017
A helmet from the 1961 Mercury spacesuit. The space helmet wouldn't be the same had it not been for Alice King Chatham's contributions.
nasa

The Female Space Sculptor Who Designed the Earliest Space and Aviation Helmets

Alice King Chatham's name is attached to some of the world's most pivotal aviation and space experiments.
Lauren Young January 18, 2017
Permanently Closed
The Apollo boilerplate.
Franklin, Pennsylvania

Dairy Queen Apollo Capsule

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.
Washington, D.C.

NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Bracewell Radio Sundial
Magdalena, New Mexico

Bracewell Radio Sundial

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.
Permanently Closed
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Moon Tree

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.
nasa

A Hacker From South Africa Rescued the First NASA Computer in Space

The 1966 Apollo Guidance Computer paved the way for the moon landing—and then sat in a scrap heap for decades.
Cara Giaimo September 2, 2016
nasa

Six Scientists Just Emerged from a Dome After a Year Simulating Life on Mars

"Just imagine never being able to get away from anybody."
Erik Shilling August 29, 2016
A 1965 stamp depicting cosmonaut Alexey Leonov on the first space walk.
abandoned

A Whirlwind Tour of Space Race Relics

Places left behind by Americans and Soviets in the race to the stars.
Molly McBride Jacobson August 12, 2016
space exploration

See NASA Test the World's Most Powerful Rocket With a Special Camera

It looks very powerful.
Erik Shilling August 9, 2016
space exploration

NASA Refuses To Return Apollo 11 Bag They Accidentally Auctioned Off

Space whoops!
Eric Grundhauser August 9, 2016
space exploration

NASA Has Discovered a Massive Hole in the Sun

Nothing to see here.
Erik Shilling July 14, 2016
Tonopah, Nevada

Lunar Crater

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.