Can A 'Planet-Like Object' Start Its Life Blazing As Hot As A Star?

By Elizabeth Howell - August 05, 2014 12:30 PM UTC | Stars

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This Robotic Laser System On A Telescope Is Looking At Alien Planets

By Elizabeth Howell - August 05, 2014 11:56 AM UTC | Exoplanets

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Rosetta Probe Swoops Closer to Comet Destination than ISS is to Earth and Reveals Exquisite Views

By ken-kremer - August 04, 2014 10:25 PM UTC | Missions

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New Image Captures one of the Brightest Volcanoes Ever Seen in the Solar System

By shannon-hall - August 04, 2014 05:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Deep Astrophoto of LDN 673: The Place Where Stars are Born

By Nancy Atkinson - August 04, 2014 05:42 PM UTC | Stars

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Get Set For Super (Duper?) Moon 2 of 3 For 2014

By David Dickinson - August 04, 2014 02:56 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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If the Sun Were the Size of a Person, How Big Would an Asteroid Be?

By Jason Major - August 04, 2014 02:17 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Here's Your Chance To Fund A Universe Today Project On The Pluto Planethood Debate

By Elizabeth Howell - August 04, 2014 12:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Stunning, Majestic New Timelapse from King's Canyon and Sequoia National Parks

By Nancy Atkinson - August 04, 2014 10:40 AM UTC | Observing

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Rosetta Orbiter less than 500 Kilometers from Comet 67P Following Penultimate Trajectory Burn

By ken-kremer - August 03, 2014 11:49 PM UTC | Missions

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Ranger 7 Takes 1st Image of the Moon by a US Spacecraft 50 Years Ago - July 31, 1964

By ken-kremer - August 03, 2014 03:20 PM UTC | Missions

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Getting to Know Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

By bob-king - August 03, 2014 01:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Rosetta Closing in on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after Decade Long Chase

By ken-kremer - August 01, 2014 11:15 PM UTC | Missions

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'Explore Mars' Group Wants To Build Instrument Seeking Subsurface Red Planet Life

By Elizabeth Howell - August 01, 2014 05:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Companion Planet Could Keep Alien Earths Warm In Old Age: Study

By Elizabeth Howell - August 01, 2014 03:08 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Rosetta's Comet Is Too Hot For Complete Ice Surface, Spacecraft En Route Reveals

By Elizabeth Howell - August 01, 2014 10:54 AM UTC | Missions

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Hubble Spots Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yet

By shannon-hall - July 31, 2014 08:14 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Surprise! Classical Novae Produce Gamma Rays

By shannon-hall - July 31, 2014 05:18 PM UTC | Stars

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NASA Announces Science Instruments for Mars 2020 Rover Expedition to the Red Planet

By ken-kremer - July 31, 2014 04:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Numerous Jets Spied with New Sky Survey

By shannon-hall - July 31, 2014 01:05 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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