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The Mystery of the ‘Only Camera to Come Back from the Moon’0
- From Around the Web
- May 17, 2016
But Coeln, the auctioneer, produced another bit of proof ahead of the auction on Saturday: “It has moon dust on it,”

By Around the Web Editor
Hubble Catches Views of a Jet Rotating with Comet 252P/LINEAR 0
- Featured Videos, Space
- May 12, 2016
This sequence of images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows Comet 252P/LINEAR as it passed by Earth. The visit was one of the closest encounters between a comet and our planet.

By David Aragorn
A Praying Mantis Encounter 0
- Featured Articles
- May 12, 2016
“The feeling I got was that the Praying Mantises were protecting me energetically so that whatever the Grey types were doing to my chest could be completed.”

By Linda Moulton Howe
NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 11, 2016
NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 10, 2016
Glorious view of Mercury passing over the sun as NASA takes a time-lapse of the spectral.

By David Aragorn
Topographical Map of Mercury 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 7, 2016
NASA’s MESSENGER mission has unveiled the first global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury

By Around the Web Editor
Mercury Transit Over Sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 7, 2016
The May 9 Mercury transit will occur between about 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT.

By Around the Web Editor
Pluto’s Icy Moon Hydra 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 6, 2016
New compositional data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a distinct water-ice signature on the surface of Pluto’s outermost moon, Hydra.

By David Aragorn
Second strongest shock wave found in merging galaxy clusters 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2016
Astronomers have discovered the second-strongest merger shock in clusters of galaxies ever observed.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s Interaction with the Solar Wind is Unique, Study Finds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 4, 2016
Using data from the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument from the New Horizons July 2015 flyby, scientists have for the first time observed the material coming off of Pluto’s atmosphere and studied how it interacts with the solar wind, leading to yet another “Pluto surprise.”

By David Aragorn