Hubble Telescope Sends Postcards From Extrasolar Planets

After years of effort on improved observational techniques and better data analysis, one set of...

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November 13th, 2008 - 22:02

Messenger Reports Back From Mercury

The space probe sent out to explore the planet Mercury has managed to take images of 80% of the...

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October 31st, 2008 - 06:40

New Generations Of Space Explorers Draw Inspiration From NASA

Fifty years of space exploration “for the benefit of all” is the motor behind the National...

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October 06th, 2008 - 14:00

Messenger From Mercury

MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, shortly Messenger, is a NASA probe...

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October 03rd, 2008 - 19:25

A Close Look On Mercury

NASA’s probe, the “Messenger”, will fly past planet Mercury for the second time since it was...

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October 02nd, 2008 - 17:54

Solar Wind's Record-Low Level Puts Future Space Missions At Risk

Solar activity reached new levels this year, with solar wind declining at lowest values in five...

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September 24th, 2008 - 14:00

Pluto’s Situation Is As Unstable As Ever

Back in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto should no longer be...

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August 15th, 2008 - 17:58

Makemake Officially Introduced As The Third Plutoid In Our Solar System

The International Astronomical Union revealed the newest member of the family of dwarf planets in...

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July 22nd, 2008 - 11:56

Mystery Behind Mars’s Lopsided Shape Revealed

The mystery behind the lopsided shape of Mars lies in its Borealis basin, whose elliptical shape...

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June 26th, 2008 - 11:08

Pluto and Eris Are In A League Of Their Own

After a first decision by the International Astronomical Union to demote the planet Pluto to...

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June 12th, 2008 - 12:18

Pluto’s Moon Charon- a Slow Fountain of Ice

To the oddities that describe the far reaches of our solar system astronomers have recently added a...

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July 18th, 2007 - 13:28

Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse!

Eighty years ago, back in 1928, a star was born. An animated one, which everybody loved from the...

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November 19th, 2008 - 17:32

Update 1: Spacecraft IBEX Will Study Boundaries Of Solar System

The U.S. space agency launches today a space probe that will keep an eye on the violence and...

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October 20th, 2008 - 08:19

Mars’s Two Face Appearance Explained by Giant Collision

Ever since the ‘70s when it was observed that Mars’s surface shows great differences between its...

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June 26th, 2008 - 20:33

Pluto Classified as a Planet, Names Plutoid Class

Two years after it was excluded from the planet class of celestial objects, Pluto has been...

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June 13th, 2008 - 14:09

Disneyland to Renovate California Adventure

Disney announced this week that theme park California Adventure will benefit from a five-year...

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October 19th, 2007 - 13:43