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September 27, 2017

NASA Pluto probe's next target may actually be 'swarm' of objects

The frigid, faraway body that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will zoom by 18 months from now may actually be a cluster of small objects, new observations suggest.

September 27, 2017

NASA's Juno spacecraft set for historic flyby of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make history Monday when it flies over Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot.

September 27, 2017

Sunrise on Saturn: Gorgeous Cassini photo shows start of new day

This is what dawn on Saturn looks like, from afar.

September 27, 2017

PHOTOS: NASA's Juno spacecraft releases first images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

NASA's Juno spacecraft has released the first images of Jupiter's Great Spot, two days earlier than expected.

September 27, 2017

Forget Mars: Humans may live here one day

Move over, Mars: Titan could be the best place for a human colony.

September 27, 2017

Planet Nine? 'Extreme' objects hint at more evidence of possible unseen world

A new salvo has been fired in the back-and-forth debate about the existence of Planet Nine.

September 27, 2017

NASA unveils new maps of Pluto, Moon Charon for flyby anniversary

On the two-year anniversary of the New Horizons probe's flyby of Pluto, mission scientists unveiled two detailed global maps of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.

September 27, 2017

Astronomers discover exoplanet where a year lasts four-and-a-half hours

The Earth-sized exoplanet is in a high-speed orbit around its star.

September 27, 2017

'Super-Earth' alien worlds may carve up planet-forming disks

NASA's Kepler space telescope and other instruments have revealed the existence of thousands of alien planets.

September 27, 2017

Liftoff? Icy jets of Saturn moon Enceladus fly in NASA photo

A photo of Saturn's moon Enceladus looks poised for liftoff as jets fly from its southern hemisphere.