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NASA spacecraft saw something incredible near Jupiter's Great Red Spot

This is not just another sublime image of the largest storm in the solar system, Jupiter's Great Red Spot.Β Look closer… a little closer… Come...

U.S. spacecraft snap stunning views of auroras encircling Earth

A parade of intense solar storms have hit Earth β€” the strongest since Halloween over 20 years ago.While these outbursts from the active sun...

Are some of the oldest stars in the universe right under...

An MIT astronomy class has found three of the oldest stars in the universe lurking right outside the Milky Way.Β The stars, about 30,000 light-years...

Why Earthlings are safe when huge solar storms strike our planet

From time to time, the sun discharges billions of tons of solar matter, traveling millions of miles per hour, straight at Earth. Yet humans...

NASA spacecraft spots dead robot on Mars surface

Mars is collecting artifacts.Without the large, powerful camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which observes Martian terrain for past evidence of water and how...

Why time is running short to decide Starliner astronauts' ride home

After Butch Wilmore got settled into the commander seat of Starliner earlier this summer, he thanked the people preparing to blast him and his...

NASA rover snaps photo of its most daunting challenge yet

A car-sized NASA rover, weighing over a ton, will scale a crater wall.The space agency announced that its robotic Perseverance mission, now looking for...

A star-like thing is flying 1 million mph in space. What...

Using images from a NASA telescope, three amateur scientists discovered a star-like object sprinting through space β€” so fast, in fact, it'll whiz right...

Mission control is trying 'restlessly' to save a spacecraft to Mercury

A complex mission to Mercury that began its epic space voyage six years ago has encountered critical thrust problems that controllers say could imperil...

Scientists find Earth-sized planet. It's orbiting a fascinating star.

Most stars aren't like the sun.Some 55 light-years away β€” which is relatively close by in space terms β€” scientists have discovered a rocky,...

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