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Asteroids

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left...Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless...

Hypothetical Planet X

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planet-x

evidence suggesting there may be a "Planet X" deep in the solar system....Hypothetical Planet X Artist's concept of a hypothetical planet orbiting...

35 Years Ago: Voyager 2 Explores Uranus - NASA
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35 Years Ago: Voyager 2 Explores Uranus - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/history/35-years-ago-voyager-2-explores-uranus

distance from the Sun, engineers made changes to Voyager’s imaging techniques to...NASA Missions Humans in Space Climate Change Solar System

Ocean Worlds: Water in the Solar System and Beyond
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Ocean Worlds: Water in the Solar System and Beyond

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/ocean-worlds

search for life beyond Earth is, in part, a search for planets and moons that […]...moon Europa. The icy moon is believed to have a global ocean...

What is a Supermoon?
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What is a Supermoon?

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/moon/what-is-a-supermoon

moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full....Moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time the Moon is...

Pluto

https://science.nasa.gov/dwarf-planets/pluto

system's ninth planet, but has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. It's located...system's ninth planet, but has been reclassified as a dwarf...

Pioneer 10
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Pioneer 10

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pioneer-10

10 was NASA’s first mission to the outer planets. The mission was a spectacular...unmatched by any other robotic spacecraft to date. Nation United...

90 Years of Our Changing Views of Earth - NASA
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90 Years of Our Changing Views of Earth - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/history/90-years-of-our-changing-views-of-earth

Lunar Orbiter spacecraft designed to map the Moon’s surface from orbit took the...Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Right: The Earth and...

Comets

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets

a few miles to tens of miles wide, but as they orbit closer to the Sun, they...a few miles to tens of miles wide, but as they orbit closer to the...

Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars - NASA Science
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Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/moon/hubble-uses-earth-as-a-proxy-for-identifying-oxygen-on-potentially-habitable-planets-around-other-stars

beyond Earth by observing potential “biosignatures” on exoplanets (planets around...7 min read Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen...

New Clues to TRAPPIST-1 Planet Compositions, Atmospheres - NASA Science
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New Clues to TRAPPIST-1 Planet Compositions, Atmospheres - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/new-clues-to-trappist-1-planet-compositions-atmospheres

since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists...scientists have been working hard to better understand...

NASA Seeks Innovators for Lunar Waste Competition - NASA
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NASA Seeks Innovators for Lunar Waste Competition - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-seeks-innovators-for-lunar-waste-competition

Topics Missions Humans in Space Climate Change Solar System

MESSENGER
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MESSENGER

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/messenger

first spacecraft to visit Mercury in 30 years, and the first ever to orbit, MESSENGER...MESSENGER mapped the entire planet, discovered abundant...

40 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Explores Saturn - NASA
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40 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Explores Saturn - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/history/40-years-ago-voyager-1-explores-saturn

first single-frame image of the Earth-Moon system, taken by Voyager 1. To carry...first single-frame image of the Earth-Moon system, providing a...

Psyche
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Psyche

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche

Psyche is heading to a metal-rich asteroid with the same name, located between...Psyche Mission to a Metal-Rich World active Mission Psyche mission...

Mars Viewing: Planet Makes Close Approach to Earth in April - NASA
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Mars Viewing: Planet Makes Close Approach to Earth in April - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2014/04/01/mars-viewing-planet-makes-close-approach-to-earth-in-april

opportunity of Mars in the night sky. The Earth will fly between the sun and Mars on...Topics A-Z Home Missions Humans in Space Earth The Solar...

10+ Things: Tour of Storms Across the Solar System - NASA Science
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10+ Things: Tour of Storms Across the Solar System - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/10-things-tour-of-storms-across-the-solar-system

Planets across our solar system have storms, lightning – even rain, of sorts...Earth’s ‘Almost’ Twin is a Hot Mess 3. At Earth: Multiple Storm...

June 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/moon/the-next-full-moon-is-the-strawberry-moon

Longest Day — Summer Solstice on June 20 Planet, Meteor and Star Sightings for June...June 28-29 June 30 July 3 July 4 - Earth is Farthest from the...

Close-Up, Extrasolar Planet Orbiting Star - NASA Science
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Close-Up, Extrasolar Planet Orbiting Star - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/close-up-extrasolar-planet-orbiting-star

Dramatic close-up of the scorched extrasolar planet HD 209458b in a 4-million-mile-high...orbit over its searing hot parent planet....Explore...

Artist's Impression of an Ultra-Short-Period Planet - NASA Science
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Artist's Impression of an Ultra-Short-Period Planet - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/artists-impression-of-an-ultra-short-period-planet

Hubble Space Telescope. The planet is so close it to its star that it completes...completes an orbit in 10.5 hours. The planet is only 750,000...

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