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Shimmering 'night spiral' captured above Hawaii is actually a dying SpaceX rocketThe descent looked like a 'flying whirlpool' over Hawaii.
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Stunning aurora glow above Iceland after 'dead' sunspot eruptsA sunspot that "awoke from the dead" last week triggered stunning aurora above Iceland.
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Sudden eruption from 'dead' sunspot could bring auroras as far south as New YorkAfter a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch even farther south than usual.
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Bus-size asteroid flies by Earth today. Watch it live.You can watch a big asteroid make a safe flyby of Earth today (March 13) from any spot with good internet access.
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This long-lost asteroid impact was so big its debris left more than 30 cratersThe resulting debris created several dozen craters, the largest nearly 230 feet across.
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When a rogue rocket hits the moon March 4, NASA orbiter will hunt for its crater graveThe Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter won't be in view during impact time, but may have a follow-up plan to identify the crater grave on the moon.
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China says moonbound rocket stage was not from 2014 lunar mission: ReportChang'e-5 T1 'completely burned up' in Earth's atmosphere shortly after launch, officials said.
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James Webb Space Telescope will study Milky Way's flaring supermassive black holeThe James Webb Space Telescope will study the weirdly flickering black hole at the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Star twinkles 18 times to form hexagonal pattern in new James Webb telescope imageThe James Webb Space Telescope finished the first major stage in its long process of aligning the observatory's 18-segmented primary mirror.
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Mount Etna is erupting and astronauts are watching it from spaceThe Sicilian volcano is 'smoking' and 'spitting lava,' one astronaut reports.
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Water on Mars may have flowed for a billion years longer than thoughtNew evidence finds substantial water on Mars flowed as recently as 2 billion years ago.
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Eta Carinae's epic supernova explosion comes to life in new visualizationData from three space telescopes help tell the story of Eta Carinae's explosion.
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James Webb Space Telescope will glide to its deep-space parking spot todayHere's how to watch the events related to the James Webb Space Telescope's arrival.
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A huge asteroid will fly safely by Earth today. Here's how to watch it live.You can watch a nearly mile-wide asteroid make its closest Earth approach for the next 200 years today. Here's how.
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Climate scientist and Netflix 'Don't Look Up' director talk comet metaphors and global warming (exclusive)Adam McKay, creator of Netflix's popular satire-comedy movie "Don't Look Up," and climate scientist Kate Marvel talk why the world needs more films like the comet metaphor movie.
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Stephen Hawking would have been 80 today. Google Doodle honors famous physicist.The pioneering work of physicist Stephen Hawking is honored in a Google Doodle today (Jan. 8).
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Watch 'coronal streamers' streak off the sun in close-up video from Parker Solar ProbeA new video of solar streamers evokes the streaking stars seen during spacecraft hyperdrives in "Star Wars."
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Comet Leonard may have spawned meteor shower on VenusComet Leonard may be sparking meteor showers at Venus this weekend during a relatively close approach of the comet to the planet.
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See rare total solar eclipse from nearly 1 million miles awayThe only total solar eclipse of 2021 was one few could see and this new photo from a spacecraft nearly 1 million miles from Earth shows why.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on track for Dec. 22 launchThe generational observatory is nearly ready for space after years of delays.
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Watch the entire Beaver Moon lunar eclipse in 1 minute time-lapseIt was the longest partial eclipse in 580 years.
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See how the huge ozone hole over Antarctica has grown in 2021 in this NASA videoA new NASA video highlights the giant ozone hole that opened over the Antarctic this year.
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NASA picks landing site at the moon's south pole for ice-drilling robotNASA and Intuitive Machines announced the Shackleton Crater landing site for an ice-drilling robot.
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Was the 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast an early deepfake?A new podcast argues the 1938 Martian invasion story foreshadowed the problems of media creation today.
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