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The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2014 SN260 will make a close pass (25.9 lunar distances, 0.0666 AU) travelling at 9.58 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th October 2014 @ 08:25 UT ±00:04. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

NASA's Solar Fleet Peers Into Coronal Cavities The sun's atmosphere dances. Giant columns of solar material - made of gas so hot that many of the electrons have been scorched off the atoms, turning it into a form of magnetized matter we call plasma - leap off the sun's surface, jumping and twisting. So...

NASA Spacecraft Finds New Evidence for Water Ice on Mercury A NASA spacecraft studying Mercury has provided compelling support for the long-held hypothesis the planet harbors abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials within its permanently shadowed polar craters. The new informa...

This image was taken on August 02, 2005 and received on Earth August 02, 2005 by the Cassini spacecraft. The camera was pointing toward Mimas that was approximately 128,703 kilometres away. The image was taken using the P0 and GRN filters. [img]http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimed...

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Sextans A (also known as UGCA 205), is a tiny dwarf irregular galaxy. It spans about 5000 light-years across, and is located within the Local Group of galaxies, which includes our Milky Way galaxy. Read more

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Potential Kuiper Belt Target for New Horizons Pluto Mission Read more

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NGC 204 (also MCG 0-2-116, UGC 423 and PGC 2397) is a magnitude +12.9 lenticular galaxy located 248 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road in...

NGC 514 (also IRAS 01214+1239, MCG 2-4-35, UGC 947 and PGC 5139) is a magnitude +12.2 intermediate spiral galaxy located 95.9 ±13.4 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 spec...

NGC 531 (also HCG 10C, MCG 6-4-20, UGC 1012 and PGC 5340) is a magnitude +13.8 barred spiral galaxy located 214 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy is a member of Hickson Compact Group 10, consisting of NGC 529, NGC 536 and NGC 542. The galaxy was discovered by Irish ast...

NGC 542 (also HCG 10D, MCG 2-58-22 and PGC 5360) is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy located 214 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy is a member of Hickson Compact Group 10, consisting of NGC 529, NGC 531 and NGC 536. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mi...

Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660 Credit & Copyright: Immo Gerber and Dietmar Hager (TAO) NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing field of galaxies swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring gal...

NGC 781 (also MCG 2-6-10, UGC 1482 and PGC 7577) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 160 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire,...