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Here’s How Auroras Probably Look On Mars

Just a few months ago, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft detected an ultraviolet aurora on Mars. And although Europe’s Mars Express satellite spotted an aurora from orbit back in…

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Space Aurora, Popeular Science, and Other Amazing Images of the Week

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Earth’s Northern Lights Pale In Comparison To This Powerful Alien Aurora

Artist's Illustration Of The Brown Dwarf's Massive AuroraChuck Carter and Gregg Hallinan/CaltechThe dancing lights of the aurora are entrancing, but they’re hardly unique to Earth. All the other...

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What Is A Red Sprite?

Red Sprite Over American Midwest, August 10, 2015NASA Earth ObservatoryTwo mysterious red hazes hovered over Earth on August 10. Astronauts onboard the International Space Station snapped a picture of...

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NASA's MAVEN Orbiter Celebrates One Year Around Mars

Today marks one year since NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission entered orbit around our planetary neighbor. The goal of the $671 million mission is to investigate the planet’s...

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See Jupiter’s Psychedelic Auroras Like Never Before

Space Using Hubble's ultraviolet capabilities, the light show comes to life Huge, endless auroras caps Jupiter's poles, now brought to better light by Hubble's latest image.

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Bomb-Sniffing Locusts, A Robot Salamander, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

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We finally have the Juno spacecraft's first results on Jupiter

Space Here are eight surprising things NASA has learned so far. Scientists are still analyzing all the juicy data from Juno's first flyby of Jupiter, but the first results have just been published.

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NASA filled the sky with glowing blue and green clouds

Space It looks like a Fourth of July display, but it’s for science. The long-awaited launch made a spectacular light show along the east coast. Check it out.

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NASA will try to create glowing rainbow clouds, and you can watch

Space The colorful clouds should be visible from New York to North Carolina. Red and blue-green artificial clouds that will help scientists study Earth’s upper atmosphere. Read on.

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