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Planet 'devoured in secret' by its own sun

A planet roughly 1.4 times the size of Jupiter is being consumed by its own star behind a shroud thanks to a magnesium veil absorbing all of certain light wavelengths, according to new observations. WASP-12 b, originally spotted in 2008, is a gas gia...

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Curiosity Rover Moves and Leaves Tracks on Mars

Curiosity Rover Moves and Leaves Tracks on Mars as if you were there. 360 panorama and virtual tour.

Out of this world, quite literally: The beautiful and mysterious...

By LYLE BRENNAN PUBLISHED: 15:45 GMT, 14 April 2012 | UPDATED: 15:45 GMT, 14 April 2012 When it slammed into the surface of Earth, there was little sign of the beauty that lay inside. But cutting t...

We're 99% certain this is the most beautiful footage of...

Boy howdy, this video definitely confirms that if you're going to gaze at our planet, the International Space Station is the best seat in the house. This video was shot during Expeditions 28 and 29 aboard the ISS from August-October of this year.

Rover finds evidence of ancient water on Mars

The Curiosity rover has come across stones in conglomerate rock suggesting that water must have flowed on Mars in the past.

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Planetary Alignment (2012)

Catching Its Tail (NASA Cassini Saturn Mission Images)

Catching Its Tail (NASA Cassini Saturn Mission Images) - Featured: the planet Saturn; the planet Jupiter; Saturn's rings; the pale blue dot of earth

Alan Friedman/ Solar Nirvana / 6 November 2011

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Planets Viewed from Earth as if They Were at The Distance...

I love how the music changes when those planets start getting big

Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images

Astronomy For Beginners...Astronomy Basics...The Celestial...

As people first started to map out the night sky, it became necessary to have a standard, universal way of plotting positions of objects in the sky. As the stars appear to occupy fixed positions in the sky relative to each other, a convenient way...

Dark alien planet discovered by NASA

Scientists are unsure what causes the planet to be so dark, but they believe it could be 'a chemical we haven't even thought of yet.'

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NASA - Get Ready to Explore the Heart of the Sun