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Mysterious Bright Spots Shine on Dwarf Planet Ceres (Photos) NASA's Dawn spacecraft will have plenty of mysteries to investigate when it begins orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres next month, as the probe's latest photos attest.

 

What Would It Be Like to Live on Mars? NASA hopes that astronauts will be exploring Mars by 2030. What will they experience? Read More

 

Tiny Microprobes Could Explore Jupiter's Atmosphere By 2030 A swarm of tiny probes could zip through the clouds of Jupiter by 2030, beaming home data about the gas giant's dense atmosphere. Space.com Reveals 2015 Toy Fair Space Age Award Winners Find out who won Space.com's 2015 Space Age Awards at the 112th Toy Fair in New York City this weekend.

 

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NYC Students Compete for Chance to Fly Experiments to Space Station Students in the New York City public school system are currently competing for the chance to put a science experiment on the International Space Station. Read More Mysterious Plumes on Mars Have Scientists Stumped A mystery is brewing on Mars: Amateur astronomers spotted enormous plumes erupting off the Red Planet's surface, leaving scientists puzzled. Read More Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs May Stay Wet Enough for Life Oceans currents would transport heat to the dark side of tidally-locked exoplanets. Read More

 

Aurora Borealis: What Causes the Northern Lights & Where to See Them The northern and southern lights are a dazzling spectacle for skywatchers lucky enough to see them, but fascinating science is behind what causes these impressive light shows. Four Space Shuttle Fliers to Be Inducted by Astronaut Hall of Fame The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor four space shuttle astronauts this spring as it marks 25 years since its founding. See which astronauts have the right stuff in 2015. Private Mars One Colony Project Cuts Applicant Pool to 100 Volunteers  One hundred people are still in the running to become humanity's first Mars explorers.