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Earth Left with Huge Blind Spot After Comet-spotting Program's Funding Gets Cut

Oct 20, 2014 08:23 AM EDT

The dedicated comet-spotting program, - the NASA-funded Australian survey - has been closed down, leaving the Earth with a huge blind spot for catastrophic comet strikes.

NASA IRIS Data Reveals Incredible Plasma Bombs in the Sun's Atmosphere

Ana Verayo |

Oct 19, 2014 05:04 AM EDT

New studies reveal new solar activity in the sun called nanoflares and plasma bombs.

The Kuiper Belt is similar to an asteroid belt where it is larger in diameter and holds one billion icy objects

New Horizons Spacecraft Almost Near Pluto; Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Objects to Study

Ana Verayo |

Oct 17, 2014 09:35 AM EDT

As the New Horizons spacecraft edges closer to Pluto, it will also study three icy objects found in the Kuiper Belt region.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

All Systems Go For China's Moon Mission

Dan Weisman |

Oct 16, 2014 09:47 PM EDT

Final preps took place Thursday for a China moon mission scheduled to launch Oct. 23 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Design a custom mission patch for a robot that will fly on-board the International Space Station. A mission patch is a small graphic that includes the name of a space mission. Develop a name for the “Free Flying Robot”. Something catchy & cool.

NASA Needs Help to Name Free-Flying Robot at International Space Station

Ana Verayo |

Oct 15, 2014 01:28 PM EDT

NASA and Topcoder are hosting a contest to name the space agency's latest free-flying robot that will aid other SPHERES droids aboard the ISS.

NASA's MAVEN Takes First Photos of Mars' Upper Atmosphere

Ana Verayo |

Oct 15, 2014 10:10 AM EDT

NASA said this is the most detailed and extensive image yet of the upper Martian atmosphere.

Lunar Volcanoes were Erupting when Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 15, 2014 03:07 AM EDT

Some of the unique rock deposit evidence seen by LRO could be as young as 100 million years.

2014 on Track to be the Warmest Year since 1880

Kizha T. Trovillas |

Oct 14, 2014 07:22 AM EDT

The global average temperatures last month made September 2014 the hottest in records maintained by NASA.

Volcanism on the Moon Ended Just 18 Million Years Ago

Kizha T. Trovillas |

Oct 13, 2014 03:37 AM EDT

The interior of the Moon could be warmer than thought.

NASA Prepares for Colossal Mountain Sized Comet Approaching Mars

Ana Verayo |

Oct 12, 2014 09:13 AM EDT

The comet called Siding Spring will pass within 87,000 miles of Mars.

NASA Photo Shows Jack-o'-Lantern Sun

Ana Verayo |

Oct 12, 2014 07:44 AM EDT

Justin time for Halloween.

Hubble Maps Distant Hot Exoplanet

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 10, 2014 03:53 PM EDT

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder used BASA's Hubble Space Telescope to create the most detailed global map of a planet twice the size of Jupiter, hot enough to melt steel and 260 light-years away.