NASA: Rumors Of Impending Doom Are Greatly Exaggerated
The space agency says "numerous recent blogs and web postings" that a giant asteroid will smash into Earth next month are just a hoax.
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One Small Bite For Man: NASA Astronauts Eat Space-Grown Food
Crew members on the International Space Station on Monday sampled red romaine lettuce, the first food to be grown and eaten in space.
The Perseid Meteor Shower Is About To Peak. Here's How To Watch
NASA says this year's show promises to be more spectacular than usual because "there will be no moonlight to upstage the shower."
From Touchdowns To Takeoff: Engineer-Athlete Soared To Space
When Leland Melvin pulled his hamstring during practice with the Dallas Cowboys, his NFL career was over. So he did the next logical thing: He joined NASA and became an astronaut.
New Discoveries From NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto
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On July 14th, NASA's New Horizons space probe raced past the dwarf planet Pluto at 44 thousand miles per hour. Loaded with an array of science instruments, the sturdy little probe gathered data which will be sent to us over the next 16 months. This episode was recorded before NASA's recent press conference, but keep an eye on http://sciworks.org/pluto for up-to-date mission information. You'll also find a special web-only episode about the mission, and details specifically for this episode. What have we learned from New Horizons since the encounter?
Kepler Telescope Introduces Earth To A Very Distant Cousin
The spacecraft has detected the nearest thing to Earth yet discovered — a planet that's a bit bigger and squarely inside the "habitable zone" for life.
NASA's New Pluto Images Point To Geologically Active World
The latest photos show ice plains that appear to be only 100 million years old and a hilly region that could be what is left when surrounding material is eroded away.
On The Cold, Dead Fringes Of The Solar System, Pluto Looks Shockingly Lively
New Horizons team scientist Carly Howett says no one expected the kind of geologic activity that the spacecraft appears to have found on the dwarf planet and its moon.
Strange Worlds At The Edge Of Our Solar System Finally Come Into Focus
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back its best photos of Pluto and its moons. Scientists will puzzle over them for years to come.
NASA Zooms In On Pluto, For Closest Views Yet
New images of Pluto are beginning to arrive from NASA's space probe, and they're already allowing scientists to update what we know about the dwarf planet.