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Observations by the Kepler satellite have advanced our knowledge of stars and their orbiting planets, yielding more than 100 confirmed planets and about 3,000 candidates.  However, orbiting planets may not be the s...

Space is a dangerous and sometimes fatal business, but happily there were moments where a situation happened and the astronauts were able to recover. An example: today (March 16) in 1966, Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott we...

Ahh — there’s nothing like a beautiful sunny day in Gale crater! The rusty sand crunching beneath your wheels, a gentle breeze blowing at a balmy 6º C (43º F), Mount Sharp rising in the distance into ...