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Be sure to pull out your telescopes starting tomorrow, September 21st, to see what NASA scientists are touting as a once in a lifetime event - The opportunity to see Jupiter and Uranus close-up (kind of)....

Wake Up songs - The music played by the NASA mission control to gently rouse sleeping astronauts, is a revered age-old tradition that dates all the way back to the 1960's during the time of the Apollo missions. However, in its forty plus years of existence, the songs have always been picked by either the astronauts or their friends and family....

Recent findings released by NASA scientists, indicate that there may be evidence of alien life on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. However, before you conjure up images of E.T. like creatures, keep in mind that the aliens, if indeed there are any, are of the most primitive form....

Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar system is recognizable by its two distinct red strips - One in the Southern Hemisphere and the other in the Northern. However, recent photographs show that the lower strip also known as the Southern Equatorial belt, seems to have disappeared and, this is not the first time it has happened!...

This morning, academics, students and scientists from all over the world, watched years of hard work and dreams, not to mention millions of dollars, go down in smoke, when their attempt to launch a Space balloon went drastically wrong....

If you liked the images of Iceland's erupting volcano, you are going to love these fiery photos of the sun, transmitted recently by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO), which was launched in February 2010....

It turns out that our favorite-ringed planet Saturn, has yet another ring - one that is so massive, that it could fit one billion Earths!...

Earlier this summer, a shuttle dubbed Atlas V took off for an unmanned journey to the moon, carrying with it a Lunar Robotic Satellite and a Spacecraft nicknamed LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite)....

Just when we thought that we have seen it all from Google Earth, the folks at NASA have surprised us again, by releasing an amazing new 3-D map that clearly highlights the elevation of 99% of the Earth's surface....