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Smuggled space sandwish

NASA Astronaut Smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich in Space

Celebrating 50 years of NASA's Gemini 3 mission, a corned beef sandwich is fondly remembered for being the first contraband object in space.

Supernova

MIlky Way Supernova Confirms Interstellar Dust Theory

The principal theory explains that the dust appears from supernovae as stars reach the end of their lives.

Martian aurora

NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft Spots Mystery Cloud and Ultraviolet Aurora on Mars

This bright ultraviolet aurora light show on the alien world spanned the entire northern hemisphere.

Bigelow Expandable Activity Module

NASA to Send 'Space Hotel' to the ISS for Testing

Expandable habitats are being explored as options to dramatically increase the amount of volume available to astronauts .

NASA's Asteroid Data Hunter contest

Download a NASA App to Hunt for Killer Asteroids

It encourages everyone to take part in the hunt for next asteroid that could blow up our planet.

Climnate change denier-in-chief Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz Wants NASA to Forget About Climate Change

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas questions NASA's core programs.

3D Smart Glasses

NASA Partners with ODG to Develop Reality Glasses for Astronauts

The glasses project three-dimensional images that allow astronauts to view large swathes of information in a glance.

The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission

NASA Launches New Satellites to Study Powerful Magnetic Explosions in Space

A new NASA mission launched four new satellites that will study the planet's magnetic fields.

Sun X2.2-class flare

Sun Hurls Strongest 'X-Class' Solar Flare at Earth

The solar flare released Wednesday is categorized as the strongest possible solar flare, a monstrous X-class.

The Jovian moon, Ganymede

NASA Finds Vast Underground Ocean on Jupiter's Moon, Ganymede

Scientists estimate the ocean is 60 miles (100 kilometers) thick.

Inside Enceladus

NASA Probe Discovers Hot Springs Under Saturn Moon's Icy Surface

New data from NASA's Cassini probe suggests hot springs exist under Saturn's moon, Enceladus.

NASA satellites

NASA Video Reveals How Their Satellites Observe Earth 24/7

NASA released a unique view of how their Earth observing satellites orbit the planet without colliding into each other.

Ceres

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft is Now First Probe to Orbit a Dwarf Planet

Dawn's mission is to answer whether or not there is a liquid ocean of water underneath the dwarf planet's surface.

Another water planet

Mars Had a Bigger Ocean Than the Atlantic Ocean

A new study reveals that Mars apparently had a large body of water in the distant past, bigger than the Atlantic Ocean.

Curiosity at the

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover has a Broken Arm

Telemetry sent from the rover indicated a transient short circuit had occurred.

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