Radar images of asteroid 2017 BQ6 were obtained on Feb. 6 and 7 with NASA's 70-meter (230-foot) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. They reveal an irregular, angular-appearing asteroid ...
Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2017
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From the most powerful telescope orbiting Mars comes a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on the planet and the relative size of the moon.
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2017
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A commercial satellite capable of taking high-resolution images from space was launched Friday from a military base along the California coast.
Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2016
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To celebrate the centennial of the U.S National Park Service, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA has taken hundreds of images of national parks from his vantage point in low Earth orbit, aboard the International ...
Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2016
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On May 9, 2016, Mercury passed directly between the sun and Earth.
Space Exploration
May 11, 2016
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Asteroid 2003 SD220 safely flew past Earth on Dec. 24 at a distance of 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers). Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have generated the highest-resolution ...
Space Exploration
Dec 28, 2015
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A hot topic in science over the past few decades has been whether liquid water is present or has been present on Mars in the past few millions of years. But despite a lot of research no conclusive answer has been put forward ...
Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2015
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Imaging of Earth from satellites in space has vastly improved in recent years. But the opposite challenge—using Earth-based systems to find, track and provide detailed characterization of satellites and other objects in ...
Engineering
May 12, 2015
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It's a long way out to the dwarf planet Pluto. So, just how fast could we get there?
Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2015
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Western Australia astronomers have discovered a radio galaxy near Earth by accident. The previously unknown radio galaxy is considered quite close to Earth, and was discovered late last year.
Astronomy
May 23, 2014
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