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Pyramid and Bright Spots. Ceres' Continues To Amaze NASA

By Peter R - Jun 24, 2015 09:50 AM EDT

A mountain like structure with steep slopes was seen in recent images take of the planet. The images also showed bright spots but offered no clues what is causing them.

Are You There, Life In Space?

By R. Siva Kumar - Jun 20, 2015 02:28 PM EDT

Scientists claim that life in space can be found out in another decade or so.

Ceres Bright Spots Clear In Images But NASA Still Clueless About Origin

By Peter R - Jun 15, 2015 11:16 AM EDT

Images taken earlier this month by Dawn from an altitude of 2,700 miles above Ceres show the spots in greater detail than before.

Sun To Pause NASA Mars Missions in June

By Peter R - Jun 05, 2015 06:22 PM EDT

Earth and Mars will remain on the opposite sides of the Sun while in their orbits between June 7 and June 21. Sun can garble radio communications between the planets.

Pluto's Moons Football-Shaped Chaotic Sytems, Hubble Tells NASA

By Peter R - Jun 04, 2015 04:46 PM EDT

Data from Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that Pluto's moons move erratically due to combined gravitational field of Pluto and Charon.

Dawn Closer To Ceres But NASA Yet To Unravel Spots Mystery

By Peter R - Jun 01, 2015 04:29 PM EDT

Dawn captured its most detailed ever photo of the dwarf planet from 3,200 miles on May 23.

NASA's Cassini Hopes for a Rare Glimpse of Saturn Moon Hyperion

By Peter R - May 31, 2015 12:22 AM EDT

The moon hurtles through space and the spacecraft has mostly only seen one side of it.

NASA Plans Life Hunting Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa in 2020s

By Peter R - May 28, 2015 02:34 PM EDT

The space agency has announced the payload that a spacecraft would carry during its flybys to the moon.

Hubble Captures Cannabalism in Action, Finds a Rare Nasty Star in Earth's Neighborhood

By Peter R - May 23, 2015 06:25 PM EDT

The NaSt 1 is Wolf-Rayet that is aging rapidly and is being stripped of its exterior hydrogen material.

Here's Why NASA Is Nicknaming a Star... Nasty

By Kamal Nayan - May 23, 2015 12:37 PM EDT

NASA has given a strange nickname to a star that was discovered several years ago, calling it Nasty 1.

NASA's Dawn Closer to Ceres But Miles Away From Demystifying Bright Spots

By Peter R - May 22, 2015 03:38 PM EDT

The spacecraft captured its closest ever image of the planet's surface where the spots are located.

Housing Ideas Anyone? NASA Is Offering $ 2.8 Million If You Can 3D Print Homes On Mars

By Peter R - May 18, 2015 09:38 AM EDT

3D-Printed Habitat Challenge has called for concept ideas that can be 3D printed. In the final phase, competitors will have to develop fabrication technology and 3D print houses.

NASA: One Of The Largest Ice Shelves Of Antarctic May Collapse By 2020

By Kamal Nayan - May 16, 2015 05:26 AM EDT

One of the largest ice shelves of Antarctica is melting beneath and above the sea, according to a new research. The ice shelf partly folded in 2002, is certain to disintegrate utterances by 2020.

New Horizons Probe Has Sent First Full Family Photo of Pluto and Its Five Moons

By Kamal Nayan - May 14, 2015 03:35 AM EDT

NASA's New Horizons probe has sent back the first images of the Pluto and the five moons that orbit it.

NASA's New Horizons Clicks Pluto's Camera-Shy Moons 'Kerberos' and 'Styx'

By Peter R - May 13, 2015 02:57 PM EDT

Two Pluto's smallest moons, Kerberos and Styx, are not easily visible given their smaller size and faintness.

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