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November 28, 2017

Mars has a mysterious tangled magnetic tail

Mars' magnetic field stands apart in the solar system because it gets twisted by interactions with solar particles, a NASA spacecraft discovered.

November 27, 2017

NASA's next Mars lander passes big test ahead of May 2018 launch

LITTLETON, Colo. — NASA's next Mars lander just passed a big test ahead of its planned May 2018 launch.

November 27, 2017

Losing darkness: Satellite data shows global light pollution on the rise

Around the globe, in both developed and developing nations, Earth's night skies are being filled with artificial light more and more each year, according to a new study.

November 24, 2017

Budweiser sending barley to space in hopes of learning how to brew beer on Mars

The first launch is set to take place on Dec. 4, 2017.

November 24, 2017

Watch NASA test the supersonic parachute for the 2020 Mars mission

In preparation for the next trip to the Red Planet, NASA tested a supersonic parachute that will be used during entry into the Martian atmosphere by deploying it from a rocket at nearly twice the speed of sound.

November 22, 2017

Space dust could help life jump from planet to planet

It may not take an asteroid strike to transport life from one planet to another.

November 22, 2017

A Van Gogh Jupiter: Planet's clouds swirl like a painting

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a spectacular view of a monstrous Jupiter storm that resembles the swirling pastel clouds of a Vincent van Gogh painting.

November 21, 2017

The weird dark streaks on Mars may not be flowing water after all

Bad news for microbes that want to make a home on Mars: A new study argues that dark streaks on the Martian surface are not caused by underground supplies of liquid water.

November 21, 2017

Wow! 1st interstellar asteroid is a spinning space cigar

When astronomers using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii spotted a mysterious object dashing through our solar system on Oct. 19, they immediately knew it was something special.

November 21, 2017

Runaway Chinese space station is going to be monitored by an international campaign

Skywatchers are on the lookout for China's Tiangong-1 space lab — and the seeing is good.