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These false-color images of Kuiper Belt objects now occupy a place in history: Never before have images been captured as far from Earth as these.

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PHOTOS: These Images Were Captured Nearly 3.8 Billion Miles From Earth

5:02pm February 11, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The distance marks a record: the farthest from Earth an image has been taken. Before NASA's New Horizons probe caught these glimpses in December, the 1990 "Pale Blue Dot" image had held the record.

Engineers next to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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How To Pack A Space Telescope

8:00am February 08, 2018

by Joe Palca

Operating a telescope in space is a challenge, but so is moving one on Earth. An inside look at how NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moved from Houston to Los Angeles.

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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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Our Ancestors, Elon Musk And The First Car In Space

2:09pm February 07, 2018

by Marcelo Gleiser

Musk's successful rocket launch is a step on the ambitious road to Mars; as with our adventurous ancestors, where we might go seems to be limited only by our imagination, says Marcelo Gleiser.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took photos from the Vera Rubin Ridge showing the interior and rim of Gale Crater. The full image features 16 photos stitched together.

Mars Rover Curiosity's Panoramic Photo Depicts Its Epic Journey

5:43pm February 02, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

It captured images that show some of the key regions NASA's robot has explored since 2012.

The IMAGE spacecraft undergoes preflight testing in March 2000.

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Amateur Astronomer Finds NASA Satellite Long Given Up For Dead

11:16pm January 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Scott Tilley was searching for a secret U.S. spy satellite when he found the spacecraft. "The odds are extremely good that it's alive," said a mission co-investigator.

Earth's shadow obscures the view of a so-called supermoon during another total lunar eclipse — this one in Brussels in 2015.

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Wednesday's Rare Super Blue Blood Moon: How To See It And What We Can Learn

5:04pm January 30, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Early Wednesday morning, there's a lunar event that hasn't been seen since 1866. And scientists say data gathered during the event could help them figure out where to land a rover on the moon.

Yellows, oranges and reds show regions where the average temperature from 2013 to 2017 was higher than a baseline average from 1951 to 1980, according to an analysis by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

2017 Among Warmest Years On Record

3:36pm January 18, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The planet's global surface temperature last year was the second warmest since 1880, NASA says. Scientists say the five warmest years on record have been since 2010.

Norishige Kanai prior the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17. As is the norm, the Japanese astronaut grew in outer space, just not by as much as he initially thought.

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Astronomical Growth Turns Out To Be 'Fake News,' Says Japanese Astronaut

4:56pm January 10, 2018

by Amy Held

Norishige Kanai said he had grown up to 3 1/2 inches since arriving in space, sparking worry about whether he'd fit in the spacecraft home. Turns out, Kanai did grow, just not that much.

North Carolina Researchers Reinvent The Toilet

5:00am December 28, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

Imagine a bathroom that isn't connected to an outside plumbing system. Where would everything go?

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Ayanna Howard, a roboticist at Georgia Tech, was always interested in building robots.

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Being Different Helped A NASA Roboticist Achieve Her Dream

9:50am December 19, 2017

Ayanna Howard was 27 when she headed her first team at NASA. She talks about feeling like an outsider, and discovering that diversity drives innovation.