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October 20, 2015

Artist makes portraits from Hubble telescope photos

Taking user-submitted photos, Sergio Albiac turns flesh and blood humans into cosmic beings with his recent project, “Stardust Portraits.”

October 20, 2015

NASA eyes monster hurricane on Saturn

Spectacular new images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn have captured the most detailed views ever of an enormous hurricane churning around the ringed planet's north pole.

October 20, 2015

You can name Pluto's moons of the Underworld

Pluto may have been demoted, but its family is getting bigger and bigger. Now, two of the dwarf planet’s tiniest moons need names — and that honor has fallen to you.

October 20, 2015

Stunning 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 been spotted all the way from space in a spectacular photo snapped by an orbiting spacecraft. 

October 20, 2015

Spacecraft achieves flyby of Pluto, then calls home

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got humanity's first up-close look at Pluto on Tuesday, sending word of its triumph across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting breathlessly back home.

October 20, 2015

Start of NASA's dwarf planet mission delayed after communication mix-up

NASA said Friday observations of a dwarf planet have been delayed slightly after a communication glitch.

October 20, 2015

8 most important spaceflight stories of 2014

From accidents to soaring daredevils to space capsules, 2014 was a big year in spaceflight.

October 20, 2015

Most of Earth's water came from asteroids, not comets

Asteroids, not comets, may have delivered most of Earth's water to the planet when the solar system was young, new data from a probe orbiting a comet suggests.

October 20, 2015

Private Mars colony project wants help choosing 2018 lander experiments

You can help choose one of the science payloads that a Mars colonization effort will launch toward the Red Planet in 2018.

October 20, 2015

Color of Jupiter's great red spot comes from epic sunburn

The Great Red Spot on Jupiter's face is secretly dull in color.