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Fast-moving filament cloud structures on Venus.
science

There Are Giant Standing Waves in Venus's Atmosphere

Something's in the air on our closest neighbor.
Kelsey Kennedy July 25, 2017
A billion-lightyear section of the simulated universe. The yellow clumps are dark matter concentrations, and white areas are cosmic void.
science

Scientists Have Created a Virtual Universe to Practice Mapping the Real One

It took a computer 80 hours to generate 25 billion galaxies.
Kelsey Kennedy July 24, 2017
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) tools on NASA's Curiosity Mars.
space exploration

And Now, a Weather Report From Mars

Scientists in Spain are bringing Martian meteorology to the Earth-bound masses.
Santiago Saez July 17, 2017
Raw image of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter.
space exploration

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Just Got Its Close-Up

NASA's Juno spacecraft got within 5,600 miles of the Earth-sized storm.
Erik Shilling July 13, 2017
The newly discovered star (right) compared to the size of Saturn.
space exploration

Found: The Smallest Star Ever Observed

It's about as small as a star can be.
Erik Shilling July 12, 2017
An approximate size comparison between Earth and the Great Red Spot. No, it's not watching us.
space exploration

NASA's About to Get Very, Very Close to the 'Eye of Jupiter'

The Juno spacecraft will fly within 2,200 miles of the Great Red Spot.
Erik Shilling July 10, 2017
Are two heads better than one?
science

A Worm Went to Space and Came Back With Two Heads

Nothing to see here.
Erik Shilling June 15, 2017
space exploration

Crumb-Free Bread Might Soon Be Coming to Space

It's one way to make space more livable.
Erik Shilling June 13, 2017
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
A 17th-century map of the moon.
space exploration

The 17​th​-Century Moon Mission That Never Got Off the Ground

Dr. John Wilkins' lunar ambitions were a little too lofty.
Natalie Zarrelli May 3, 2017
The perfect place for a Mars practice run.
science

Practicing Looking for Life on Mars in Chile's Atacama Desert

A test run on Earth is a whole lot cheaper.
Kelsey Kennedy April 27, 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
New Horizon's glamor shot of Pluto, with its heart on full display.
space exploration

What We Can Learn From Pluto's Icy Heart

The celestial snowball's most stunning feature might be cold, but it sure isn't dead.
Cara Giaimo February 17, 2017
Permanently Closed
The Apollo boilerplate.
Franklin, Pennsylvania

Dairy Queen Apollo Capsule

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.
An artist's depiction of a star and exoplanet.
science

That's No Alien Megastructure, It's a Star Consuming a Planet

A new paper details a natural explanation for a star's strange behavior.
Sarah Laskow January 12, 2017
space exploration

Watch Two NASA Astronauts Replace Batteries In Space

The International Space Station needed some new juice.
Cara Giaimo January 9, 2017
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.