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On giant blue alien planet, it rains molten glass

October 20, 2015

On giant blue alien planet, it rains molten glass

There's a "blue marble" alien planet just 63 light-years from Earth, but the world is anything but friendly to life.

Pink alien planet is smallest yet photographed

October 20, 2015

Pink alien planet is smallest yet photographed

Astronomers have snapped a photo of a pink alien world that's the smallest yet exoplanet found around a star like our sun.

Artist makes portraits from Hubble telescope photos

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.”

NASA eyes monster hurricane on Saturn

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.

You can name Pluto's moons of the Underworld

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.

Stunning photo shows Curiosity's tracks on Mars from space

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.

Spacecraft achieves flyby of Pluto, then calls home

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.

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

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.

8 most important spaceflight stories of 2014

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.

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

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.