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New Horizons spacecraft

Spacecraft to Study Icy Pluto Wakes Up Today; Good Morning New Horizons!

Scientists will get clearer images of Pluto.

New Horizons spacecraft

After Nine Years, New Horizons is Finally at Pluto

Scientists will have its first clear image of Pluto after nine years of hibernation of its spacecraft, New Horizons.

Japan's Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Landing Probe to Launch Dec. 1

Because of bad weather, Japan decided to cancel the launch of Hayabusa 2 on Sunday, November 30.

ESA 3D printed Moon base

ESA Looks to 3D Printing to Build its First Moon Base

3D printing offers a potential means of facilitating lunar settlement with reduced logistics from Earth

Deep Ocean

New Study Suggests Water Arrived Early on Earth

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found in a study that the water on Earth arrived earlier than previously thought.

Solar flare erupts from the Sun

Massive Sunspots Shooting X-Class Solar Flares Toward Earth Could Disrupt Technology

A huge sunspot launching solar flares is currently directed and heading to Earth, with the potential to disrupt technology at any moment.

Vandenberg Air Force Base, UNITED STATESThe X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 3 space plane is shown after landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California October 17, 2014 in this handout photograph provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base. The United Stat

Mysterious X-37B Secret Space Plane Returns to Earth After Two Years in Space

The Air Force's mysterious X-37B secret space plane returns to Earth after nearly two years in space.

Water

Earth’s Water May be Older than the Sun, Extraterrestrial Life Now More Probable

Up to half of the molecules in Earth’s water predates the Sun by 4.6 billion years.

Europa

Europa, Jupiter's Moon, Demonstrates Plate Tectonics

The researchers concluded the missing portion must have somehow descended into the inside of the moon.

Earth's Missing Heat Likely Found in Atlantic

Earth's Missing Heat Likely Found in Atlantic

A study in the journal Science offers an explanation to where Earth's missing heat has gone.

Projected change in sea temperatures from NOAA

The Earth is "Sick" and Getting "Sicker"

NOAA report confirms our planet is becoming a warmer place.

An extinct dinosaur, the Triceratops

Humankind is Perilously Close to Mass Extinction

It's on the verge of joining the dinosaurs.

Bridgmanite

Earth's Most Abundant Mineral is Seen for the First Time and is Given a Name

What on Earth is the Earth's most abundant mineral?

Sun

Earth Could Be Hit By An Intense Solar Storm On Friday The 13th

The sun has unleashed three powerful solar bursts that could hit Earth on Friday the 13th.

A sky map from Slooh shows the path of Near Earth-Asteroid 2014 HQ124, or The Beast

Massive Earth-Killer Asteroid will Just Miss the Earth

It's the size of a Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier.

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