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Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water. It could float in a bathtub if such a huge thing could be built.


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Welcome to Exploring the Universe. NASA has a mandate to inform you about the vast universe we live in... to show you things that have never been seen before. We are striving to answer the eternal question: Is there life beyond?
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 This is an artist's rendition of the one-million-year-old star system called UX Tau A
Youthful Star Sprouts Planets Early
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 Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos
New Views of Martian Moons
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 Earth and moon
Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are Uncommon
The next time you take a moonlit stroll, or admire a full, bright-white moon looming in the night sky, you might count yourself lucky.
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 Comet Holmes
Hubble Zooms in on Heart of Mystery Comet
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes, which mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold in October.
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 This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 300
Watching Galaxies Grow Old Gracefully
In the early 1900s, Edwin Hubble made the startling discovery that our Milky Way galaxy is not alone.
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 artist concept of exoplanet
Record Fifth Planet Found Orbiting Nearby Star
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system.
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 This image combining a topographic map viewed obliquely with a radargram of the subsurface.
Probing the Red Planet's Unusual Deposits
The radar system on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has uncovered new details about some of the most mysterious deposits on Mars: the Medusae Fossae Formation.
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 Eagle Nebula
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A system of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity.
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Cliffbot Shines in Arctic Rehearsal for Mars
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 In this animation, MRO, rotates to get into position for imaging.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Imager Instrument Pointing Simulation
This animation highlights the orbiter’s context imager as it took and returned its first image.
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 In this animation, a section of Mars where the HiRISE camera first imaged is highlighted in a muted orange/brown.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter First Images of Mars from HiRISE
This animation highlights the first images returned by the orbiter’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiement) camera.
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