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Blue Ghost spacecraft captures rare, stunning views of Earth eclipsing the moonFirefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft took some unique photos of our home planet on its Mission 1 flight to the moon in late January and early February. The spacecraft is now in orbit around the moon, with a planned landing date of March 2.
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Sun quiz: How well do you know our home star?Quiz Test your knowledge on the giant ball of burning gas at the heart of the solar system.
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Milky Way quiz: How well do you know our home galaxy?Quiz Test your knowledge of the Milky Way's size, speed, age, galactic neighbors and more.
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Potentially deadly 'chirping waves' detected in baffling location near Earth, and scientists are stumpedChorus waves are mysterious, chirping signals produced by spiraling plasma inside our planet's magnetic field. But a new detection suggests scientists may understand less about them than first thought.
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What's inside Earth quiz: Test your knowledge of our planet's hidden layersQuiz How's your knowledge of Earth's geology? Flat, round or global?
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Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be thereA new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward EarthAstronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Why does Earth look flat if it's really round?It's all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.
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'Spectacular' asteroid blazes over Siberia just hours after it was detectedAsteroid C0WEPC5 entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over northeastern Siberia.
