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Astronomers ask for help to find out what has happened on Saturn: images of an asteroid impacting the gas giant could change everything
A flash captured on the morning of July 5 could become a milestone in the history of astronomy. NASA collaborator Mario Rana ...
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Night Words for August: Must-see stunning Venus-Jupiter conjunction at dawn
Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...
10 Rare Celestial Events Caught On Camera
In 2014, students in London spotted a rare exploding star, the closest seen in decades. In 2013, NASA’s Curiosity rover ...
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Saturn's largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow in breathtaking amateur portrait (photo)
Efrain Morales captured the image of Titan's shadow darkening Saturn on July 18, while the gas giant was over 800 million ...
The Documentary Cassini's Last Adventure The incredible journey of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft
Twenty years ago, a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a billion mile trek to Saturn. The photos the probe ...
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July 30, 1610: Galileo sees Saturn’s rings
Today in the history of astronomy, Galileo is confused by his observations of Saturn.
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Voyager: An Inside Look At NASA’s Longest-Running Mission With Someone There From The Start
We bring you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this iconic mission with Dr Linda Spilker, from her first job out of ...
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Largest Parachute Meant for Another World Looks Ready to Gently Place a New Rover on Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) says it successfully tested the complex parachute system meant to deliver the Rosalind ...
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NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photos
The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.