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In Darkness: Here’s what last week’s ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse looked like from space!
The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, a space-based apparatus from NASA, managed to capture a sna…
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ISRO’s Aditya L1 and Chandrayaan-2 get front-row seats to the strongest solar storm in over 20 years
The Sun has been throwing some major temper tantrums lately, its active sunspot AR13664 directing m…
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April 2024 solar eclipse will cloak daylight in ‘total’ darkness for an astonishing 7.5 minutes!
The awe-inspiring spectacle of a solar eclipse occurs when our lunar neighbour passes between our w…
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After the moon, a journey to the sun with Aditya-L1
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C57 (PSLV-C57) lifted off with the country's Aditya-L1 space…
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Watch the sun show off all year with a total eclipse, strong solar storms, and NASA almost landing on the solar surface
A Helio Year: With a total solar eclipse across the US, a NASA spacecraft "landing" on the sun, and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An expert who has seen 30 solar eclipses made my first experience with one breathtaking
An eclipse chaster who has been to 30 total solar eclipses gave me his best advice for making the m…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Futuristic floating solar farms could be wirelessly powering the Earth from space by 2035!
Space Solar envisions that their expansive solar farms floating in space, extending for kilometres,…
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Why NASA says the total solar eclipse on Monday will be way cooler than any before it
The total solar eclipse will be visible to millions on April 8 as its path cuts from Texas to Maine…
Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-J…
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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery
Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Riding into the sun: Indian-origin NASA scientist to lead rocket mission into 2023 solar eclipse
An Indian-origin scientist at NASA is helming a mission that aims to launch three rockets during th…
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An invisible force surrounding Earth may be creating water on the moon
High-energy electrons in the plasma surrounding Earth may have helped generate water on the lunar s…
Marianne Guenot
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The Moon used to have its own shield against the Sun — it died a billion years ago
Scientists believe that the Moon was a lot closer to the Earth 4 billion years ago. At that ti…
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There’s a lot more than just water on the Moon’s South Pole — Here’s why
As countries race to build on the discovery of water near the Moon's South Pole, there could be a l…
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The aurora borealis didn't cause the Titanic's crash, contrary to a new theory — but it may have affected rescue efforts
Strong northern lights can indicate huge bursts of energy from the sun — solar storms — that interf…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Earth's magnetic field first formed thanks to a magma ocean, research shows. That means more planets in the universe could have atmospheres than we thought.
Today, a swirling layer of liquid metal powers Earth's magnetic field. Billions of years ago, a mag…
Aylin Woodward
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Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon for the first time
"Built at the U R Rao Satellite Centre of ISRO in Bengaluru, CLASS provides clean signatures…
PTI
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The most detailed map of the moon's geology ever released may help astronauts explore the lunar surface
Researchers at the US Geological Survey combined six flat maps and data from two spacecraft to crea…
Holly Secon
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The moon could have up to 297 billion tons of water stored in tiny glass beads on its surface, scientists say
The research points to a potential water source for future astronauts, as space agencies mull lunar…
Matthew Loh
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NASA expects Mars lander to run out of power, ending InSight's historic mission
InSight detected more than 1,300 quakes on Mars, revealing the planet's inner layers for the first …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth has detected a 'hum' in the space beyond our solar system
The Voyager 1 probe left our solar system nearly a decade ago. It recently detected a faint hum mad…