NASA astronomers working with data from the Kepler space observatory have presented the largest single crop of newly discovered exoplanets to date. It's impressive – 1,284 new planets have been announced, including around ...
Astronomy
May 12, 2016
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An unmanned NASA spacecraft has crashed on the surface of the planet Mercury, after it ran out of fuel following a successful 11-year mission, the US space agency said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2015
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The first measurements of Mercury's movements from a spacecraft orbiting the planet reveal new insights about the makeup of the solar system's innermost world and its interactions with other planetary bodies.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2015
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A team of scientists has a new explanation for the planet Mercury's dark, barely reflective surface. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, the researchers suggest that a steady dusting of carbon from passing comets has ...
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2015
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A recent image acquired by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the interior of Eminescu, a youngish 130-km (80 mile) wide crater just north of Mercury's equator. Eminescu made science headlines last year with MESSENGER's discovery ...
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2012
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Mercury has long been a mystery to scientists. Until recently, knowledge of the planet was limited to the grey, patchy landscape revealed by the Mariner 10 probe, NASA's first mission to Mercury in the mid-1970s.
Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2014
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By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2009
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Is it snowing metal on Venus? Erika Kohler is trying to find out.
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2014
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The solar system's innermost planets are about to put on a beautiful show.
Space Exploration
Apr 1, 2010
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Scientists from Boston University's Center for Space Physics reported today that NASA satellites designed to view the escaping atmosphere of the Sun have also recorded evidence of escaping gas from the planet Mercury. The ...
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2010
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