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'Space hurricane' caught raging over North Pole during one of the sun's quietest days
A rare "space hurricane" that swirled over Earth's North Pole in 2014 caused intense space weather effects despite unusually quiet solar conditions, a new study reports.
Meteorite that crash landed through Georgia man's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientists say
Researchers have analyzed the McDonough meteorite, which crashed through a man's home in June, and determined that it is older than our planet.
Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun
New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun.
NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photos
The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.
Earth is starting to spin faster — and scientists are considering doing something unprecedented
Two days this summer have been unusually short, with the shortest expected on Aug. 5, leading global timekeepers to consider adding a negative leap second.
Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim
Astronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an unusually sparse region in space. If it's correct, it could rewrite cosmology.
