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October 21, 2015

Diamonds in the sky: Diamond rain may fill skies of Jupiter and Saturn

Diamonds, the saying goes, are a girl's best friend and Jupiter and Saturn just might be filled to the brim with them, scientists say.

October 21, 2015

Meet the asteroid that might hit Earth in 2880

There are over 10,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) that have been identified so far — asteroids and comets of varying sizes that approach the Earth’s orbital distance to within about 28 million miles.

October 21, 2015

NASA's next Mars probe ready for Nov. launch, despite gov't slimdown

NASA's next Mars probe should get off the ground on time, no matter how long the government shutdown lasts.

October 21, 2015

H2 oh my: NASA's Curiosity rover finds water in Mars dirt

Future Mars explorers may be able to get all the water they need out of the red dirt beneath their boots, a new study suggests.

October 21, 2015

Frogs in space: NASA snaps the ultimate photobomb

A still camera on a sound trigger captured this intriguing photo of an airborne frog leaping for his life as NASA's LADEE spacecraft lifts off from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

October 21, 2015

Strange space wind blows through solar system

Shifting cosmic winds suggest that our solar system lives in a surprisingly complex and dynamic part of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study reports.

October 21, 2015

Sun's 8.2-billion-year-old twin found

About 250 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus (The Sea Goat) lies a star that looks awfully familiar.

October 21, 2015

Far out: Ancient Egyptian jewelry came from outer space

Ancient Egyptian beads found in a 5,000-year-old tomb were made from iron meteorites that fell to Earth from space, according to a new study.

October 21, 2015

Russian meteor created new 'dust layer' in stratosphere, researchers say

When a meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, pieces of the bus-sized space rock hit the ground while its detonation shattered windows, set off car alarms and injured more than 1,000 people.

October 21, 2015

Mysterious 'UFO' over Kentucky explained

Google, it is cheekily said, knows everything even, apparently, the origin of an unidentified flying object (UFO)