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Lunar loo: Did Apollo astronauts' 96 bags of poop and urine seed the Moon with life?
During the six Apollo missions that landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, astronauts left behin…
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The sun is at its 11-year maximum. That means another year of eruptions that can endanger satellites, ground flights, and spark stunning auroras.
NASA says the sun is at its maximum and likely to belch out big eruptions that cause technology iss…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA is on a mission to 'touch the Sun' in milestone moment for space exploration
Nasa describes it as a mission to ""touch the Sun" on its website, aiming to get our "first-ever sa…
Nathan Rennolds
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A NASA probe flew straight through an explosion from the sun, and found a key clue to how solar storms form
Insight into coronal mass ejections provided by a NASA probe could help better predict solar explos…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA video shows the sun just blasted out 4 eruptions at the same time. The rare event may have sent plasma hurtling toward Earth.
The sun is near the peak of its power, which may explain four solar flares erupting at once. They'r…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Hannah …
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We've just discovered the most distant supermassive black hole ever. And boy, is it one massive infant!
Utilizing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, it was revealed that this black hole emerged ju…
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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching
NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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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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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe becomes the fastest artificial object ever, 180 times faster than our fastest plane!
At such incredible speeds, the probe could complete roughly 15 circumnavigations of the Earth in ju…
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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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New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
In a known star system about 66 light years away from Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signal…
PTI
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Major solar storm alert: Third CME this week to hit Earth on May 10-11, possibly affecting satellite communications, GPS and power grids
The Sun has spewed out six X-class flares in the past week, the last three whoppers clocking in at …
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A train on the Moon? NASA’s new space tech includes lunar railways, Martian rockets and more
NASA has set its sights on six mind-blowing tech concepts that seem ripped straight from science fi…
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Planned crewed launch of Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft called off
NASA announced on social media platform X that the problem was identified with an oxygen valve on p…
ANI
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A NASA probe got slammed by a massive eruption from the sun and caught it all on camera
The Parker Solar Probe flew right through a major coronal mass ejection last September and captured…
Rebecca Cohen
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…
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Mars's sad, potato-shaped moon eclipsing the sun shown in NASA video. Be glad you're on Earth for this weekend's solar eclipse.
A solar eclipse, when the moon blocks the sun, looks spectacular from Earth. From Mars, it's a litt…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA's Curiosity rover captures first 'Sun Rays' on Mars
While sunsets on Mars are uniquely moody, NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a stunning image of a…
ANI
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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…