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Space Exploration

What was the first spacecraft to arrive at a planet?

We recount the day when the first manmade spacecraft made contact with another world

Solar System

How big can sunspots get?

We take a look at how big these cooler regions of our star can get

Solar System

Spacecraft sees Martian moon Phobos in a new light

NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has gained its first look at the moon, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths

News

Low-budget balloon mission to image solar soundwaves

A miniature solar observatory will be flight tested on a six-hour high-altitude balloon mission scheduled for the end of August

News

No water at Mars’ seasonal streaks, orbiter finds

Seasonal dark streaks that have become one of the hottest topics in planetary science don’t hold much water

News

Modern Martian gullies not formed by abundant water, spacecraft finds

Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that ravines on the Red Planet could be being made by carbon dioxide

News

New Horizons Update: Spacecraft finds more water ice on Pluto

New data points to more prevalent water ice on the dwarf planet’s surface

Solar System

VIDEO: Check out this gigantic eruption from the Sun

An impressive outburst from the solar surface was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory this month

News

New Horizons Update: Mountains of ice found on Pluto

A close-up image of a region close to Pluto’s equator has revealed a range of youthful peaks

News

New colour images show Pluto to be mysteriously spotty

Mystifying blemishes along the dwarf planet’s equator have been found

Space Exploration

How important are heavy-lift rockets for human space travel?

We asked NASA’s Patrick Troutman, a specialist in the future of spaceflight, for his thoughts

Venera spacecraft on the surface of Venus Space Exploration

How many spacecraft have been to Venus?

What have we sent to the hottest planet in the Solar System?

News

Will comet 2013 A1 smash into the Martian surface in October 2014?

Comet 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is set for a close encounter with the Red Planet in late 2014.

Space Exploration

When will Curiosity stop working?

How long will NASA’s Mars rover last for?

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