NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Mercury, Concluding 4-Year Study Of Planet
A NASA spacecraft plunged into the planet Mercury on Thursday. It's demise comes after four years of studying our solar system's innermost planet.
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Kill The Messenger: NASA Orbiter Crashes Into Mercury
Messenger was launched from Earth in 2004. After 4,104 orbits of Mercury and billions of miles of space travel, the orbiter ended its mission with a quiet bang Thursday.
Welcome To The Neighborhood: 2 Super-Earths Discovered
Astronomers using telescopes in Hawaii and California have found two exoplanets orbiting a star a mere 54 light-years away. The discovery is important for two big reasons.
Russia Tries To Regain Control Of Space Capsule
The cargo ship was launched Tuesday and scheduled to dock at the International Space Station to deliver 2.5 tons of supplies. Ground control lost contact after the ship reached its first orbit.
Hubble's Other Telescope And The Day It Rocked Our World
Amid this week's hoopla celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope, don't forget the clever astronomer for whom the space scope was named. In the 1920s, he changed our sense of ourselves and the universe.
After 25 Years, The Hubble Space Telescope Still Wows Humanity
Launched shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Hubble telescope isn't showing its age. Astronomers and other fans hope this old charmer will be useful for many years to come.
'That's What Hubble Can See': A Tribute To The Space Telescope
NPR has this tribute to the Hubble Space Telescope — a parody of Iggy Azalea's "Trouble."
Hubble Telescope Celebrates 25 Years In Space
Friday marks 25 years since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched. Astrophysicist and NPR blogger, Adam Frank, celebrates what it's shown us.
Construction Of Giant Telescope In Hawaii Draws Natives' Ire
In Hawaii, a battle is going on over the future of a mountaintop. Native Hawaiians say it's sacred ground, but astronomers say it's the best place in the world to build an 18-story telescope.
Kitchen Science: We Used Peeps To Calculate The Speed Of Light
There's a new use for those stale Easter marshmallows you still have lying around: calculating a constant that governs the universe.