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North Korea May Launch Rocket Soon, Satellite Photo Shows
New satellite imagery shows increased activity at a North Korean launch site.
Lunar Eclipse Webcasts: Watch Online
Find out how to watch the Nov. 28 penumbral lunar eclipse online via a live webcast.
Saturn's Second 'Pac-Man' Moon Revealed in NASA Photos
It's a view any retro-gamer would love: Two moons of Saturn with 'Pac-Man' heat tattoos.
NASA Tracks Big Dust Storm on Mars
The regional dust storm is causing atmospheric changes felt by two NASA rovers.
Thanksgiving on Mars: Working Holiday for Curiosity Rover
The six-wheeled robot will scout out possible target rocks for its first drilling activity.
Alien Life Unlikely Around Dying Stars
The shifting habitable zones of such stars present too big a hurdle for life to leap.
Water on Mars and Earth Had Similar Origins
A study of two Martian meteorites revealed secrets from Mars' past.
Spectacular Star Explosion Aftershock Revealed in Photo
The supernova remnant hides a spinning pulsar and is 10,000 light-years away.
Giant Sun Eruption Captured in NASA Video
The huge solar eruption does not appear to be aimed at Earth, NASA says.
'Super-Jupiter' Discovery Dwarfs Solar System's Largest Planet
This exoplanet is 13 times the mass of Jupiter and is a good test case for planet formation, scientists say.
Private Reusable Rocket Prototype Takes 2-Story Test Hop
The private spaceflight company SpaceX aims to make a fully reusable spacecraft.
NASA's Prolific Planet-Hunting Mission Goes Into Overtime
The Kepler mission should run through at least 2016.
Satellite Sees Solar Eclipse from Space in Video
The European Proba-2 satellite saw not one, but three solar eclipses on Nov. 13.
Alien Planets With Extra Suns Can Have Strange Orbits
With two suns, Luke Skywalker's Tatooine in "Star Wars" may have had a strange tilt.
Curiosity Rover's Chemistry Lab Takes 1st First Taste of Mars Soil
Curiosity's SAM instrument ingested its first pinch of dirt on Nov. 9.
Distant Black Holes Map Universe's Dark Energy History
A new map of the early universe reveals the history of how dark energy has warred with gravity.
Good Night, Exoplanet: Baby Name Book to Raise Science Funds
Anyone can nominate a name for 99 cents.
Space Station Astronaut Drives Robot on Earth via 'Interplanetary Internet'
NASA astronaut Suni Williams used it to drive a LEGO robot on Earth's surface.
Curiosity Mars Rover Team Switches Back to Earth Time
After operating on Mars time for three months, Curiosity's mission controllers are finally working more regular hours.
Star Formation Sputtering Out Across the Universe
Stars are being born today at just 3 percent the rate of the universe's long-ago peak.
Comet Breaks Apart Before Astronomers' Eyes
Astronomers first noticed that Comet Hergenrother was splitting up on Oct. 26.
Split-Personality Galaxy Is Part Spiral, Part Elliptical
The Centaurus A elliptical galaxy may have swallowed a spiral in its past.
Pristine Moon Crater Could Help Unlock Impacts' Secrets
Scientists are looking at the moon's Linne Crater as something of a case study.
