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How did Olympus Mons get to be so tall? Is it because the gravity on Mars is weaker than that on Earth?

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

How do supermassive black holes form at the centers of galaxies?

Science, Solar System

Last visit home for European Space Agency’s comet chaser

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA’s Ares I-X rocket arrives at launch pad in Florida

Exotic Objects, Science

Scientists use supercomputers to ‘see’ black holes

Milky Way, Science

Spacecraft provides first view of our place in the galaxy

Exoplanets, Science

32 new exoplanets found

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) captures all phases of Centaur impact

Science, Solar System

How the Moon produces its own water

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Test model of James Webb Space Telescope instrument ready

Space Exploration

NASA announces commercial RLV technology roadmap project

Update: Cincinnati Observatory Center’s 40 Galileos Starry Messenger Project