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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Michael Lemonick ## Michael Lemonick Articles 90Collections 2 *  Jul 9, 2015 ### [The Path to Pluto](https://time.com/3951168/the-path-to-pluto/) A NASA space probe is nearing one of the solar's system's final frontiers after a 9-year journey [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Feb 17, 2015 ### [Surprising Discovery From Really Old Moon Rocks](https://time.com/3708797/moon-rocks-bombardment-apollo/) Samples from Apollo 17, the final lunar landing, tell a violent tale of the early solar system [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 27, 2015 ### [Best-Ever Photo of Dwarf Planet Ceres](https://time.com/3683883/ceres-photo-dwarf-planet/) An unusual spacecraft closes in on a mysterious world [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 26, 2015 ### [Rings Like Saturn's, but Supersized](https://time.com/3682987/planet-supersize-rings-saturn/) Think you've seen big rings in our own solar system? Not even close. [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 19, 2015 ### [There May Be 'Super Earths' at the Edge of Our Solar System](https://time.com/3673527/super-earths-possibly-discovered/) This discovery, if accurate, could completely redraw the map of the Solar System [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 8, 2015 ### [These 'Vintage' NASA Posters Imagine Travel Beyond the Stars](https://time.com/3659519/nasa-vintage-exoplanet-travel-posters/) Designers NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory capture the excitement of space exploration [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 7, 2015 ### [Ka-Boom! 2 Black Holes Get Ready to Collide](https://time.com/3657299/black-hole-collision/) A dance of death that's never been seen before is slowly unfolding now [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 6, 2015 ### [Cousins of Earth Found Deep in Space](https://time.com/3654745/exoplanets-earth-life/) A flock of planets in their suns' habitable zones boost the odds for extraterrestrial life [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 22, 2014 ### [This Is How NASA Fixed a Telescope Currently in Orbit](https://time.com/3643896/kepler-planets-repair/) A vital space telescope recovers after an ingenious long-distance fix [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 17, 2014 ### [Voyager 1 Surfs a Cosmic Tsunami](https://time.com/3636857/voyager-1-tsunami-space/) Earth's only Interstellar spacecraft is rocked by a storm from the sun [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 16, 2014 ### [Odds For Life on Mars Tick Up—a Little](https://time.com/3634475/mars-life-methane-water/) New findings about both methane and water boost the chances for biology [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 11, 2014 ### [What Really Killed the Dinosaurs](https://time.com/3629647/dinosaurs-volcanoes-extinction/) It wasn't just an asteroid [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 11, 2014 ### [You Can Quit Thanking Comets for Your Water](https://time.com/3627652/comets-earth-water/) A new finding from the Rosetta spacecraft upsets a longstanding theory [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 8, 2014 ### [Here Are 5 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Pluto](https://time.com/3624460/pluto-five-cool-things/) Principal New Horizons scientist answers all your burning queries [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 2, 2014 ### [Want to Live Forever? 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