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![This image shows how the sun's appearance changes between solar maximum (on the left) and solar minimum (on the right).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ncYkMewFswabFJz4x7tsh4-320-80.jpg)
Solar maximum could hit us harder and sooner than we thought. How dangerous will the sun's chaotic peak be?
By Harry Baker published
The sun is quickly approaching a major peak in solar activity. Experts warn it could potentially begin by the end of 2023, years before initial predictions suggested.
![A screenshot from a NASA video shows CO2 emissions across North and South America in 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hmK7kuGhPzTQfnvNKJuptY-320-80.png)
Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions
By Sascha Pare published
The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.
![We see a. black hole illustration. It is surrounded by circles of blue and pink from its superheated accretion disc.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mqVtu5vszMqBHwRw7SqWaG-320-80.jpg)
Could Earth be inside a black hole?
By Donavyn Coffey published
And for that matter, could our universe be inside a black hole?
![An asteroid flying past earth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xZQvdFzSema7hvkvh54BLh-320-80.jpg)
How to watch a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Earth's tallest building zoom past the planet Sunday
By Brandon Specktor published
A large, skyscraper-size asteroid will pass close to Earth Sunday night (June 11), missing our planet by a few million miles.
![Just a small section of the kilometer of peridotite rock extracted from the Earth's mantle.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J75kuKptD2YbFmM3RphZgm-320-80.jpg)
Scientists extract a kilometer of rock from Earth's mantle in record-breaking mission
By Ben Turner published
A record-breaking drilling attempt, which dug more than a kilometer into an underwater mountain in the Atlantic Ocean, has given scientists a treasure trove of rocks to study for clues to Earth's inner workings.
![An illustration of an asteroid orbiting the sun alongside Earth, much like the newly classified quasi-moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJN3wQQFVXTwZ37rUS7pM5-320-80.jpg)
New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been traveling alongside our planet since 100 BC
By Kiley Price published
Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.
![An artist's impression of a blue comet with water vapor pouring off of it](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5UrnaiJK26N3wKrFyf6pRB-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope spots ancient water frozen in a near-Earth comet — and scientists want to collect it
By Joanna Thompson published
A new analysis of a comet in the asteroid belt reveals frozen water from the early solar system, hinting at the origins of water on Earth.
!['Da Vinci glow' on the moon as seen from the International Space Station in July 2011.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GUsFBrHtoRZLTeWCcVZAEh-320-80.jpg)
How to see ghostly 'Da Vinci glow' illuminate the crescent moon this week
By Jamie Carter published
Twice-reflected sunlight subtly illuminates the dark limb of the crescent moon just before and after the new moon in a phenomenon called Earthshine, or 'Da Vinci glow'.
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