LOS ANGELES – It’s the Martian version of spring break: Curiosity and Opportunity, along with their spacecraft friends circling overhead,…
Read MoreNASA’s Hubble spies asteroid spouting six comet-like tails
Is it a lawn sprinkler in space? An asteroid with six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it — like…
Read MoreRussian meteor blast recalls massive 1908 ‘Tunguska event’
The site of Friday’s spectacular, 10-ton meteor blast is roughly 3,000 miles west of Tunguska — the site of the…
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Emergency spacewalk required to fix leaky space station, NASA says
NEAR-EARTH ORBIT – An emergency spacewalk is needed to resolve a radiator leaking small white flakes of ammonia into the…
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Out-of-fuel satellite incinerated as it entered atmosphere, officials say
Officials at the European Space Agency said Monday that a 2,000-pound satellite that had been steadily sinking toward Earth after…
Read MoreSpace legs for NASA’s Robonaut 2 to ride SpaceX Dragon into orbit
A robotic humanoid astronaut on the International Space Station is about to get its legs. NASA has crafted a pair…
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Epic big bang discovery might just be space dust
One of the most exciting astrophysics discoveries in recent memory may be a mirage. In March, a team of scientists…
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Partial solar eclipse to darken US skies this week
Mark Thursday (Oct. 23) on your calendar as “Solar Eclipse Day,” for if the weather cooperates, you should have no…
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Unmanned Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
The owners of the unmanned commercial supply ship that exploded Tuesday over a launchpad in Virginia warned people to keep…
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Hubble Space Telescope captures shattering asteroid, at least 10 pieces seen in photos
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first pictures of a disintegrating asteroid. Asteroid P/2013 R3…
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