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Those beautiful and complicated Northern Lights, or aurora borealis — what makes them move and brighten? NASA will tell all at a media teleconference on Thursday, July 24, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the first results from a fleet of five satellites.
Read MoreTwo studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers, and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life.
Read MoreJune 30th marked the end of the four-year primary mission for the joint NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft mission and the start of the extended mission.
Read MoreScientists have argued about the origins of Mercury's smooth plains and the source of its magnetic field for more than 30 years.
Read MoreAccording to the controllers of the European Space Agency's Ulysses spacecraft have revealed that the fuel that's required to keep the antenna pointed toward Earth has started to freeze.
Read MoreSpacecraft controllers have awoken Rosetta from hibernation to prepare for the spacecraft's encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on September 5th.
Read MoreNASA's sun-focused Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, twin spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year.
Read MoreNASA is developing new spacecraft, the Ares rockets and Orion crew capsule.
Read MoreOne hundred years ago this week, an event in Siberia created quite a stir on Earth.
Read MoreThe first sound an alien race is likely to hear from Earth are chirps and whistles.
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