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Pluto Has Tropics, and Other New Findings by Planetary Scientists

Yesterday at the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science conference in The Woodlands, Texas, members of the New Horizons team announced their latest findings about Pluto and its moons.

Watch the Mind-Blowing Total Solar Eclipse Tonight, Live

Tune in online! The total solar eclipse will occur on March 8 from 8:38 to 8:42 p.m EST.

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Look Up Tonight! Jupiter Is the Biggest and Brightest It Will Be All Year

With even a modest telescope, you might be able to make out Jupiter's bands of brown, tan, and white.

Left: Muir Glacier Melt, Alaska, 1891 (G.D. Hazard). Right: 2005 (Bruce F. Molnia). Images courtesy of the Glacier Photograph Collection and the National Snow and Ice Data Center

NASA Shares Striking Before and After Images of a Changing Earth

The photos show the effects of climate change, urban growth, and natural disasters.

Pluto Might Have Clouds Hovering Above Its Surface

An email exchange by NASA scientists reveals that they think they've spotted "a discrete fuzzy cloud" in the dwarf planet's atmosphere.

NASA Offers Coders $10,000 Prize to Improve Robonaut's Vision

NASA wants coders to improve the vision of space's first humanoid robot.

Send Your Artwork to an Asteroid (With NASA's Help)

You may never be an astronaut, but with #WeTheExplorers you can become a part of the mission.

High Schoolers Compete to Have Their Food Served In Space

These dishes aren't your typical astronaut fare.

10 Durable Facts About Duct Tape

Its potential extends far beyond home repairs.

10 Durable Facts About Duct Tape

Its potential extends far beyond home repairs.

Sally Ride being interviewed by the media in 1983.

When Gloria Steinem Interviewed Sally Ride In 1983

"Everybody wanted to know about what kind of makeup I was taking up," Sally Ride said about the questions she was asked ahead of her historic flight into space. "They didn’t care about how well-prepared I was to operate the arm or deploy communications sa

A Look Inside NASA's Spaceship Factory

Orion is the first human-rated deep space vessel to be built by NASA in 40 years.

The Black Female Mathematicians Who Sent Astronauts to Space

It was an era in NASA's early development when, as mathematician Katherine G. Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.”

9 Things We Learned From Astronaut Scott Kelly’s AMA

The record-breaking astronaut revealed some out-of-this-world facts about life in space.

Half of NASA's New Astronaut Class Are Women (and Their Sights Are Set on Mars)

Jessica Meir, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock Koch, and Nicole Aunapu Mann were selected from more than 6000 candidates for the astronaut program.

See What the Northern Lights Look Like From Space

British astronaut Tim Peake snapped a series of stunning aurora borealis photos from the International Space Station.

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To the moon!

The Falcon 9 Rocket Nailed the Landing Last Night. Here's Why That's Huge

If you want to go to space, you need a giant tube of fire.

How NASA Would Build a Death Star

This could be the best route to building an ultimate weapon of destruction.

Astronauts Can Finally Enjoy a Proper Spot of Tea in Space

This world-renowned chef is reinventing British staples for the ISS.

15 Things We’ve Learned About the Universe From the Hubble Space Telescope

It has helped us learn about the age of the universe and that supermassive black holes actually exist. The Hubble Space Telescope is a veritable manufacturing plant of discoveries.

NASA Spotted a Storm System Over a Star for the First Time

The storm is the size of three Earths.

Today NASA Begins to Take New Astronaut Applications. Do You Qualify?

Have a BS in a hard science, engineering, or math, and three years of professional experience? Read on.

Look Up! The Geminid Meteor Shower Is Here

Sunday and Monday, the Geminid meteor shower rounds out 2015's offering of celestial wonders.

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