NASA Renovates Its Biggest, Baddest House
Bill Ingalls / NASA / AP
The massive vehicle assembly building gets a much-needed makeover
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Dawn's Virtual Flight Over Vesta
Watch a simulated flight over the asteroid Vesta
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Explainer: The Supermoon
Just what makes tonight's moon so super? Watch this explainer and find out
Special Report
Space & Astronomy
Cosmic dispatches — both late-breaking and from the archives
Found: The Oldest Maya Calendar (and No, the World's Still Not Ending)
By Jeffrey Kluger
A 1,200-year-old-find provides more insight into some of the greatest astronomers who ever lived
A Leisurely Cruise on the Good Ship Solar System
By Jeffrey Kluger
The sun and the planets move through space slower than was once thought — and that changes everything
How a Pocket-Size Satellite Could Find Another Earth
By Michael D. Lemonick
A team of MIT geeks with some 10.6-cm satellites could be the next exoplanet pioneers
Extended Breast-Feeding: Is It More Common than We Think?
By Bonnie RochmanWhy I (quietly) nursed my three kids well past their first birthdays and why this doesn't automatically mean I believe in attachment parenting
Goodbye Nuclear Power — and Hello More Carbon?
By Bryan Walsh
As Japan and Germany shut down the nukes, how big a hit will the climate take?
