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The world's most sensitive gravitational-wave detector is scheduled to go online this week, after seven years of enhancement.

New study finds massive eruptions likely triggered mass extinction.

MIT astronomer Richard Binzel describes lengthy preparation for this year’s successful flyby of Pluto.

Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust.

Professor Richard Binzel, NASA New Horizons science team co-PI, shares mission results on Sept. 9.

Ice flows and water ice mountains spied by NASA spacecraft support the idea that an interior ocean may be driving geologic activity on Pluto.

System for locking satellites together, initially developed for master’s thesis, to get first space test.

Spacecraft’s close-up images reveal a complex, frozen world.