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NASA says an asteroid of the size of Eiffel Tower to approach Earth

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A colossal asteroid, known as 99942 Apophis, is on course to pass by Earth on April 13, 2029. This celestial ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 Is Finally Making Sense After Months of Transmitting Gibberish

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The Voyager 1 spacecraft returned usable data for the first time in more than five months, giving hope for the ...

NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft

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For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our ...

Solar eclipse on Mars! Perseverance rover sees Martian moon Phobos cross the sun in epic video

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Fear passed in front of the sun last week, and a NASA rover saw it fly. The Mars moon Phobos, ...

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory laying off hundreds, citing budget gridlock

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The congressional budget gridlock has led NASA to lay off hundreds of workers in its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which ...

Huge stadium-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth for centuries today (Feb. 2)

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A “potentially hazardous” football stadium-size asteroid will zip safely past Earth on Friday (Feb. 2), and, in doing so, will ...

Mars Perseverance rover loses its trusty scout

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‘It’s sort of been invincible until this moment:’ Mars helicopter Ingenuity pilot says ‘bland’ terrain may have doomed NASA chopper

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter was apparently done in by a particularly boring patch of Mars ground. Ingenuity suffered damage to at ...

After damaging a rotor blade, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission ends on Mars

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NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30

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The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest ...

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