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Juno Will Stay in Current Orbit Around Jupiter
NASA has announced that its Juno spacecraft will remain in a wide-ranging orbit around Jupiter, extending the mission's lifetime.

NASA Narrows Down Mars 2020 Rover Landing Sites
Three possible landing sites are now in the running for the U.S. space agency's next Mars rover.

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Meteorites Date Demise of Solar Nebula
A study of ancient meteorites has refined the date for the dissolution of the solar nebula, the cloud that shrouded our Sun in its earliest days.

Juno Swoops Past Jupiter's South Pole
NASA's Juno spacecraft continues to give us amazing views of Jupiter, now from its fourth perijove pass.

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Micrometeorites Found on City Rooftops
A recent study found micrometeorites in piles of dirt collected from urban European rooftops.

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Hubble Catches Exoplanet Shadow Play
A unique method reveals the influence of a planet within the stellar disk around TW Hydrae.

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Cassini Spies Daphnis Making Waves
NASA's Cassini returns stunning new views of Daphnis and friends from its ring-grazing orbits.

Akatsuki Spies Massive Wave on Venus
Japan's Venus orbiter has witnessed a huge atmospheric wave that spans the globe.

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NASA's Lucy & Psyche Asteroid Missions
Last week, NASA announced two new missions set to explore the earliest remnants of the solar system: asteroid 16 Psyche and Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.

Looking Ahead: Space Exploration in 2017
An exciting year lies ahead for spaceflight involving astronomy and planetary science — by NASA and by other spacefaring nations.

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Gets to Work
Welcome to Mars: the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter sets up shop around the Red Planet.

Watch Resupply Mission Chase Down the International Space Station
Find out how to see a cargo mission headed to the International Space Station this weekend.

Amazing Views of Saturn's "Polar Hexagon"
NASA's Cassini spacecraft delivers stunning views from its new orbital perch.

The Beginning of the End for Cassini
Cassini's final main engine burn this weekend sets up the first act of a grand finale.

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Catch a NASA Launch This Weekend
There's a good chance to catch a rocket launch at dusk on Saturday night, when an Atlas V rocket with GOES-R takes to space.

New Clues on the Fate of Beagle 2
An innovative technique sheds new light on what doomed Britain's Beagle 2 spacecraft when it tried to land on Mars in 2003.

Curiosity Finds "Egg Rock" Iron Meteorite
NASA's intrepid Mars rover gets a close-up view of a bizarrely shaped space rock that landed on the lower slope of Mount Sharp.

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Schiaparelli: Requiem for a Mars Lander
New glimpses from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and ongoing data analysis are revealing the fate of the Schiaparelli lander.

ESA's Schiaparelli Lander: Missing in Action
Here's what we know so far about the fate European Space Agency's Schiaparelli mission.

NASA's Juno Suffers Engine Anomaly, Briefly Enters Safe Mode
Engineers have decided to keep the Jupiter probe, Juno, in its current orbit until an issue with its engine can be addressed.