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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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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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India's moon lander is the first to study the lunar south pole region up close. Here are 5 scientific discoveries it has already made.
India's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have already discovered evidence of moonquakes and the pres…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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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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Europe is sending a probe to Venus, teaming up with NASA to rocket 3 missions to the planet in the next 15 years
Venus used to be a lot like Earth, but something turned it into an inhospitable pressure cooker. NA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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The United Arab Emirates has released its first Mars photo, taken by the Hope Probe. It comes as NASA's rover approaches its descent on the red planet.
The UAE Space Agency on Sunday published its first photograph of Mars during a mission that became …
Kevin Shalvey
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Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.
Solar Orbiter's discovery of these jets, called "picoflares," could solve the mystery of how the su…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA is about to 'touch' a star for the first time - here are the hellish conditions the Parker Solar Probe must survive
The consequence of this orbital dance is that PSP will fall toward the sun faster and faster after …
Dave Mosher
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The aurora may creep south on Saturday, appearing from Pennsylvania to Oregon because of a powerful solar flare
Scientists expect more solar storms and eruptions in the coming years, as the sun ramps up to peak …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The aurora borealis could appear in New York, Chicago, and Portland on Wednesday, as solar storms crash into Earth
Eruptions of plasma from the sun are careening toward Earth, so forecasters expect a geomagnetic st…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun
The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA to probe Uranus, aims to examine Saturn's moon that could support life
In a report, the team at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), recommend…
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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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The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend. NASA's solar probe just spotted the giant trail of asteroid dust for the first time ever.
"The truly remarkable thing about the Parker Solar Probe mission is that it's also giving us answer…