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View ArticleU.S. spacecraft snap stunning views of auroras encircling Earth
A planetary crown of light. A parade of intense solar storms have hit Earth — the strongest since Halloween over 20 years ago. While these outbursts from the active sun can pose serious threats to our...
View ArticleScientists found an incandescent planet. It's 'constantly exploding.'
Watch out for lava. Astronomers discovered a truly tortured planet. It'll make you thankful for Earth. In a distant solar system some 66 light-years away, researchers used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet...
View ArticleNASA spacecraft saw something incredible near Jupiter's Great Red Spot
This is not just another sublime image of the largest storm in the solar system, Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Look closer… a little closer… Come on, you're going to have to try harder than that. Get in...
View ArticleAre some of the oldest stars in the universe right under our noses?
They're just outside the Milky Way. An MIT astronomy class has found three of the oldest stars in the universe lurking right outside the Milky Way. The stars, about 30,000 light-years from Earth, are...
View ArticleNASA spacecraft spots dead robot on Mars surface
A Martian artifact. Mars is collecting artifacts. Without the large, powerful camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which observes Martian terrain for past evidence of water and how the Red...
View ArticleNew Webb telescope photo truly boggles the mind
Ancient collisions. Everywhere you look are galaxies. The powerful James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a new deep field view of the universe, which is a look into some of the farthest reaches...
View ArticleScientists find Earth-sized planet. It's orbiting a fascinating star.
A star that will outlive the others.
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