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Three 'Missing-Link' Planets Discovered Circling Nearby Star
By Jeffrey Kluger
Scientists Discover Massive Ice Sheets on Mars
By Casey Quackenbush
Scientists Have Discovered a New Planet Close to Earth. Here’s Why It's So Exciting
By Jeffrey Kluger
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The Red Planet could have been a garden world, but something went terribly wrong early in its history. A NASA spacecraft unravels the mystery
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500 Planets on One Exquisite Chart
The galaxy is just packed with worlds, and we're discovering more of them all the time
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Here are the Most Heart-Stopping Photos of Saturn from the Cassini Mission
As the spacecraft completes its final flyby of Saturn's moon Dione, TIME reflects on the most spectacular images from the mission thus far
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August 20, 2015
See a Newly-Released Image of Saturn's Moon Dione
Despite the high-resolution images Cassini sent back, Dione remains a mystery to scientists
By Olivier Laurent
August 18, 2015
Why Pluto Still Deserves Our Love
Pluto is a reminder that there are many worlds out there beyond our own
By Bonnie Buratti / Zocalo Public Square
July 14, 2015
See Why NASA Is Dying to Visit Jupiter's Moon Europa
"The time has come to seek answers"
By Dan Kedmey
June 19, 2015
The Mystery of Saturn's Earth-Sized Cyclone, Explained
How a whole lot of little storms converge to produce one of the largest tempests in the solar system
By Jeffrey Kluger
June 16, 2015
See the 50 Best Images Taken by Hubble
After a quarter of a century on the job, the Hubble Space Telescope has returned some of the most extraordinary cosmic images ever captured
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 22, 2015
NASA Finds 'Super Earths'
NASA's Kepler mission recently announced the discovery of three earth-like planets existing in a star's "Goldilocks zone."
By TIME Video
January 22, 2015
There May Be 'Super Earths' at the Edge of Our Solar System
This discovery, if accurate, could completely redraw the map of the Solar System
By Michael D. Lemonick
January 19, 2015
NASA Ship Ready for Closeup of Pluto
New Horizons will come closest to the dwarf planet on July 14
By Justin Worland
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Why the First Comet Landing Matters
This mission may be our most informative one yet
By Arpita Aneja
November 12, 2014
Scientists Solve One Wacky Moon Mystery
We already knew Miranda, one of Uranus' five major moons, has "one of the strangest and most varied landscapes among extraterrestrial bodies." Now, we (probably) know why
By Michael D. Lemonick
September 21, 2014
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