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Moon, Venus and Mars Align for the First Time in Seven Years
In a brilliant cosmic display, a thin waxing crescent moon, Venus and Mars aligned for the first time in seven years on Feb. 20, 2015. The spectacle is known as ""— two celestial bodies in our solar system align, enabling observers to see them in the same line of sight, says EarthSky.org. Mars was the quieter of the three components, only appearing as a dull disk, Astronomy.com reported. at 88 percent illumination, which Astronomy.com says was a little more than...
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Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 Artifacts Found Tucked Away in Closet
Astronaut Neil Armstrong brought a bag full of memorabilia back from the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, and for more than 45 years, it was never seen by the outside world. But Armstrong’s widow, Carol, recently found in a closet,according to The Verge. She turned it over to a curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the report added, who was thrilled to discover the treasures inside the bag. “It is hard ,” said Allan Needell...
Rosetta Space Probe Takes Intimate Series of Comet 67P (PHOTOS)
The Rosetta Spacecraft took an intimate Valentine's Day photo series of Comet 67P. (ESA/Rosetta/NavCam) The European Space Agency's Rosetta space probe had an intimate Valentine's Day date with Comet 67P, and the result is a series of stunningly detailed photos. In a blog post, the ESA said last Saturday and took photos with the spacecraft's NAVCAM above the comet's "Imhotep region." With 16 individual frames, the ESA pieced together the images to form a mosaic and capture the comet as...
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Spots Mysterious Lights on Dwarf Planet Ceres
NASA scientists are puzzled by a new image taken by its Dawn spacecraft that captured . The images of Ceres, located between Mars and Jupiter, show what appear to be tiny bright areas in a circular depression. NASA scientists speculate that the spots, captured Feb. 19 from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles, are some kind of volcanic origin, but they aren't sure. (MORE: ) "The brightest spot continues to be too small to resolve with our camera, but despite...
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