Pluto mission: South African astronomers join forces with NASA to learn more about the dwarf planet
When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the Sun's ninth ...
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Partial lunar eclipse supermoon double-header graces the sky
To make the evening even more special, this supermoon underwent a partial lunar eclipse, which occurs when the Earth is ...
Space Perspective sends balloon and capsule up 100K feet during Gulf of Mexico test flight
The Spaceship Neptune pressurized capsule took a six-hour journey to about 100,000 feet above the Earth's surface before descending for a splashdown.
Secret ‘Planet 9’ hiding in our Solar System and interstellar ‘cigar’ on list of most mysterious alien objects in space
IT is easy to feel like we know nothing about our universe, and unexplained stellar objects are the most puzzling feature of ...
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MS Voyager ship in Fort Pierce port will launch passengers to edge of space in Neptune
Spaceship Neptune will take passengers to the stratosphere 100,000 feet above Earth for a hefty price. Would you go?
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MS Voyager ship in Fort Pierce port will launch passengers to edge of space in Neptune
Passengers will go 100,000 feet above the Earth's surface ... after NASA's Voyager 1 Space Probe mission, which took a photo of Earth from across the solar system on Feb. 14, 1990. The ship's home ...
The Massive Antennas of NASA’s Deep Space Network
The DSN's array of antennas, including the renowned 70-meter antenna, plays a pivotal role in space exploration by enabling communication with distant spacecraft. Its arraying technology and various ...
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Solar system planets, order and formation: The ultimate guide
If you insist on including Pluto, it would come after Neptune ... its surface is therefore pockmarked with craters, just like our moon. Over its four-year mission, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft ...