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NASA rover captures images of "mother-of-pearl" clouds on Mars

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's eyes.

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Curiosity rover spots rare shimmering clouds above Mars

Latin for “night shining,” noctilucent clouds (also known as twilight clouds) are responsible for Earth’s vibrant red, orange, and purple dawn and dusk skies. If the conditions are just right, they sometimes even take on an iridescent,

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'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video)

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."

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"Stranded" NASA astronaut on International Space Station photographed from Earth in world first

NASA astronaut Suni Williams was undertaking a repair on the ISS when she was photographed from Earth by an amateur astrophotographer

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NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner under new plan

NASA's two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned. The space agency said Tuesday that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming crew flights to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April.

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NASA's 'Stranded' Astronauts Coming Home Earlier Than Expected

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, even though they initially expected to stay for just eight days. But now, NASA might bring the two astronauts home several weeks earlier than expected.

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The International Space Station is hidden in this gorgeous photo of the moon. Can you spot it?

The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.

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Think this space station and moon photo is AI? Meet the photographer.

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...

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Welcome to the moon! Firefly's Blue Ghost lander reaches lunar orbit (video, photos)

Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...

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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." ...

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Pale Blue Dot: The iconic Valentine's Day photo of Earth turns 35 today — and you're probably in it

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

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NASA Unveils Tarantula Nebula as 'Stellar Bouquet' for Valentine's Day

Gift your sweetheart a bouquet of brilliant stars this Valentine's Day with a multi-telescope image of a gorgeous nebula.

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NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

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Space photo of the week: Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red Planet

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Curiosity recorded alien rainbow-colored clouds sweeping over Mars

Curiosity, a set of NASA's robotic "eyes" on the Red Planet, recorded 16 minutes of so-called noctilucent clouds flying ...

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