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As reported here on Universe Today last week, the SETI Institute has invited the public to vote on the names of Pluto's 4th and 5th moons. Discovered in 2011 and 2012 respectively, researcher and co-discoverer Mark Showa...

Just as anticipated, on Friday, Feb. 15, asteroid 2012 DA14 passed us by, zipping 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles) above Earth's surface -- well within the ring of geostationary weather and communications satellites that...

On this day 36 years ago, two astronauts aboard the space shuttle Enterprise took the ship out for its initial test flight. It cut loose from a 747 carrying it into flight, and landed perfectly under the guiding hands of...