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I am reposting here what I posted in a thread about blue kachina. From my point of view what Wallace and David are onto is really, really important. ...
12 Jan 2016 - New Details on Ceres Seen in Dawn Images Features on dwarf planet Ceres that piqued the interest of scientists throughout 2015 stand...
11 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 11 Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: Saturn's moons and more More...
Please take a look at this, they say it's ball lightning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0X-Ypz4lw#t=89
7 Jan 2016 - NASA Office to Coordinate Asteroid Detection, Hazard Mitigation NASA has formalized its ongoing program for detecting and tracking...
4 Jan 2016 - 10 Things: January 4 Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: 2016 preview More...
This one appears to be a very close approach to us which might make for some good visuals. About 14,000 miles... _8t-BjrmyC4
31 Dec 2015 - Looking Back at the 'Year of Pluto' NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will mark New Year's some 125 million miles beyond Pluto, far...
31 Dec 2015 - What's Up - January 2016 What's Up for January? A meteor shower, a binocular comet, and the winter circle of stars! More...
30 Dec 2015 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Achieves Milestone With Plutonium-238 Sample By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National...
23 Dec 2015 - Radar Images of a Christmas-Eve Asteroid: An Early Gift for Astronomers Asteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth on Dec. 24 at a...
22 Dec 2015 - NASA Suspends 2016 InSight Launch After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to call off the planned March 2016 launch of...
22 Dec 2015 - Lowdown on Ceres: Images From Dawn's Closest Orbit NASA's Dawn spacecraft, cruising in its lowest and final orbit at dwarf planet...
21 Dec 2015 - Cassini Completes Final Close Enceladus Flyby NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting data and images from the mission's...
22 Dec 2015 - Rare Full Moon on Christmas Day Not since 1977 has a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas. But this year, a bright full moon...
22 Dec 2015 - U.S. Demonstrates Production of Fuel for Missions to the Solar System and Beyond The first U.S. production in nearly 30 years of a...
21 Dec 2015 - NASA Reaches New Heights in 2015 In 2015, NASA explored the expanse of our solar system and beyond, and the complex processes of our...
21 Oct 2015 - NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is undergoing environmenta l testing at Lockheed...
17 Dec 2015 - Rocks Rich in Silica Present Puzzles for Mars Rover Team NASA's Curiosity rover has found much higher concentrations of silica at some...
17 Dec 2015 - Mars Spacecraft Shipped to California for March Launch NASA's next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
16 Dec 2015 - Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time A thrilling chapter in solar system exploration will soon conclude, as NASA's...
This image is from the following video around 2m30s onward into like 8m or so. The video is from July, so please forgive me if it is old hat, but...
14 Dec 2015 - 10 Things: December 14 Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: 2015 year in review More...
10 Dec 2015 - NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Reaches Sand Dunes NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has begun an up-close investigation of dark sand dunes up to...
10 Dec 2015 - NASA Telescopes Detect Jupiter-Like Storm on Small Star Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a tiny star with a giant,...
8 Dec 2015 - New Clues to Ceres' Bright Spots and Origins Ceres reveals some of its well-kept secrets in two new studies in the journal Nature,...
9 Dec 2015 - Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Inserted Into Venus' Orbit The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully inserted the Venus...
8 Dec 2015 - New Saturn image is "A Splendor Seldom Seen" Just in time for the holidays, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more...
7 Dec 2015 - Result of Attitude Control Engine Thrust Operation for Venus Orbit The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed the attitude...
7 Dec 2015 - 10 Things: December 7 Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: special Venus edition. More...
4 Dec 2015 - To Jupiter with JunoCam When NASA's Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, new views of the giant planet's swirling clouds...
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