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First ever X-rays from Uranus could finally shed light on the mysterious icy giant
In a finding that may help scientists learn more about Uranus, astronomers have detected X-rays fro…
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NASA says its photo of a 'rainbow' on Mars is actually a lens flare - sorry
The account for NASA's Perseverance rover tweeted the explanation on Tuesday and said many people h…
Sinéad Baker
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A powerful 'X-class' solar flare just hit Earth. Forecasters are bracing for more sun activity in the coming days.
A series of solar flares adds to a recent explosion of activity on the sun. It's a preview of solar…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Russia made a flashy upgrade to its cruise missiles since Ukraine shot down so many — but it likely won't help
Russia appeared to put decoy flares on its cruise missiles as Ukraine keeps shooting them down, but…
Sinéad Baker
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What Boat Captains Bring To Cuba For Protection Since They Can't Bring Their Guns
One of the other rules is to have enough cash on hand to bribe off the full crew of a Cuban gunboat…
Robert Johnson
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What started as a class project at Harvard just raised $110 million from Fidelity, Google, and Microsoft
Its service ranges from routing and switching that helps computers connect to the web, all the way …
Eugene Kim
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The sun could release a 'superflare' 1,000 times more powerful than anything we've ever seen
That sounds bad enough, but a superflare would be 1,000 times more powerful than all previously rec…
Kelly Dickerson
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Military planes at Kabul airport have been performing corkscrew landings and sending out flares to avoid potential missile attacks, report says
Countries like the US and UK have stepped up their warnings over the possibility of attacks at Kabu…
Sinéad Baker
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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun
Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…
Marianne Guenot
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How to stay safe in an extreme solar flare, where the sun bombards Earth with radiation and magnetic havoc
Preparing for an extreme solar storm mostly means getting ready to live without electricity for sev…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Deutsche Bank says a giant volcanic eruption and another deadly pandemic are among the 'catastrophic' disasters that could devastate the world economy in the next 10 years
The four biggest risks are: a major influenza pandemic killing two million, a catastrophic volcanic…
Saloni Sardana
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Black holes can produce light when they collide, new research shows — astronomers just saw the first-ever 'flare' from a spacetime-bending merger
Two black holes crashed together and merged within a disk of hot matter orbiting another larger bla…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A 'mind-boggling' telescope observation has revealed the point of no return for our galaxy's monster black hole
On big scales, it's a window into the history and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, which rotates …
Dave Mosher
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A comet larger than Everest will streak through the night sky in the coming weeks. Here's how to see it.
12P/Pons-Brooks, a comet with possible volcanic activity on its surface, will become increasingly v…
Marianne Guenot
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Russian scientists trapped in the Arctic by polar bears should get help in 'about a month' - but that's not the worst part
The effects of global warming are felt acutely in the Arctic. In the spring, the snow is melting fa…