Buzz and Neil found them. Now Minnesota has them. But not for long. A handful of rock fragments collected during…
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Rest in pieces: Comet ISON officially dead, Sun chief suspect
WASHINGTON – Comet ISON, once optimistically called the comet of the century, is dead, the victim of a way-too-close brush…
Read MoreStunning photo shows Curiosity’s tracks on Mars from space
NASA’s newest Mars rover Curiosity is taking its first tentative drives across the Martian surface and leaving tracks that have…
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$518M military weather satellite launches after 15-year wait
A $518 million military weather satellite that has been waiting 15 years to shine was launched into orbit Thursday atop…
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NASA discovers new gully on Mars
A NASA spacecraft has spotted a big gully on Mars, a feature that appears to have formed only within the…
Read MoreReport points to photo as possible new clue to Amelia Earhart’s fate
A recently surfaced photo of Amelia Earhart’s plane, captured by the Miami Herald in 1937, could offer crucial evidence regarding…
Read MoreWhy the Moon’s ‘Dark Side’ has no face
Heat radiating from the young Earth could help solve the more than 50-year-old mystery of why the far side of…
Read MoreNASA planning to send robotic mission to Europa, Jupiter’s watery moon that may harbor life
WASHINGTON – NASA is plotting a daring robotic mission to Jupiter’s watery moon Europa, a place where astronomers speculate there…
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