Neel V. Patel
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SpaceX Landed a Freaking Rocket on a Robot Boat in the Dark
Say it again. Say it louder! → Read More
SpaceX’s Rocket Loses Its Battle Against a Robot Boat (Again)
On the fifth encounter between Space’s Falcon 9 rocket and its autonomous drone barge, the rocket’s first-stage booster → Read More
Charon’s Organa Crater Glows With the Force
New Horizons picked up a strange spectral signature from a crater named after a famed extraterrestrial princess. → Read More
Pluto Has Skies of Blue and Frozen Water
NASA's New Horizons mission keeps sending home the hits. This week: blue skies and frozen water! → Read More
New Photos of Pluto’s Haze, Backlit and In Glorious Detail
Getting up close and personal with Pluto's atmosphere and exotic ices. → Read More
The Best Oooey Gooey, Kid-Friendly Science on the Web
From fake blood to rocket-launched lit matches, your budding researcher will love these sites. → Read More
The First Pluto Photos From New Horizons’ Massive Data Dump
The New Horizons space probe has started a year-long data dump of imagery and other large files taken during its July flyby. → Read More
NASA Finally Picked New Horizons’ Next Destination
New Horizons' next stop will be a Kuiper Belt object named 2014 MU69 nearly a billion miles beyond Pluto. → Read More
Something Deep Inside Pluto Is Replenishing Its Atmosphere
A new paper pretty much rules out the notion that periodic comet impacts could be replenishing Pluto's nitrogen atmosphere. → Read More
Inanimate Objects You Really Should Follow on Twitter
Sometimes it's better to spend your time on Twitter following things for which it is difficult to feel contempt, things without feelings. → Read More
The Ices on Pluto’s Surface Are Totally Nuts
The ices on Pluto's surface show some pretty amazing activity in both false color and high-resolution images from New Horizons. → Read More
New Horizons’ Parting Shot of Pluto Is Just the Beginning
This backlit photo of Pluto, taken by New Horizons after its historic closest approach, is more than a glamour shot. → Read More
Rival Claims SpaceX Internet Satellites Could Block Its Own
Satellite internet provider Intelsat has asked the FCC to reject an application from Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX to test its proposed satellite internet service. → Read More
Watch: Fly Over Pluto’s Icy Mountains With New Horizons
NASA released an animation of New Horizons' flyover of two of Pluto's most interesting regions: its icy mountains and frozen plains. → Read More
Charon Has an Outie in New Horizons’ Latest Closeup
The New Horizons team released another amazing closeup of Pluto's largest moon, Charon. → Read More
The Many Ices of Pluto’s Surface, in Living Color
New, colorful imagery shows the diversity of ice covering Pluto's surface. → Read More
Watch: Everything We Know About Pluto in One GIF
In the last decade, Pluto has grown from mere pixels seen through a telescope into a real place. Watch its incredible transformation here. → Read More
Charon Comes Into Focus in New Horizons’ Latest Photos
Maybe you still haven't figured out how to say the name of Pluto's largest moon. Let me help. It's pronounced "WOW." → Read More
New Horizons Sent Home a Picture of Pluto’s Mountain Ranges
Check out the first image of Pluto taken during New Horizons historic flyby. → Read More
Everybody, Meet Hydra, Pluto’s Outermost Moon
Before today, Hydra was square. Now we can finally see its shape---if only in a few pixels. → Read More