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On the bright side, the space rock will keep a polite distance of 6.3 million miles (10 million kilometers)

The gorgeous images were obtained by the space agency's Curiosity rover about a month ago, on April 15

The orbs were imaged by NASA's New Horizons probe from a distance of over 55 million miles (88.5 million kilometers)

The agency plans to use the rocket to send crew and cargo on deep space missions, the goal being to one day reach Mars

The mini PC will be used by astronauts aboard ISS

The images, produced by the agency's Dawn spacecraft, were taken from a distance of just 8,400 miles (13,600 kilometers)

In case you were wondering why astronomers call Pluto not a proper planet but a dwarf one, here's your answer

The technology, developed to search for signs of life on distant planets, has so far helped rescue four survivors

The Russian cargo ship launched on April 28, went haywire and crashed into the Pacific just a few hours ago

The flare peaked at 6:11 p.m. EDT on May 5, was powerful enough to upset radio signals across the Pacific region

The Red Planet is now orbited by two natural satellites and a total of five active spacecraft sent its way from Earth

The cargo ship launched this past Tuesday, failed to reach the International Space Station as planned

The MESSENGER spacecraft left Earth in early August 2004, is just days away from the end of its mission

Scientists release space image showing NASA's Curiosity rover parked in a valley on the surface of the Red Planet

It’s been another week, here is our round-up of the best and the most important science news of the past few days

Over the past quarter of a century, Hubble has delivered enough data to help scientists publish nearly 13,000 papers

The controversial photo was taken on December 19, 1960, by NASA's unmanned Mercury-Redstone 1A spacecraft