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'Potentially hazardous' asteroid as tall as the Eiffel Tower will zoom by Earth today
By Harry Baker published
The hefty space rock, known as 2006 HV5, is around 1,000 feet wide and will hurtle past our planet at around 39,000 mph.

NASA's Perseverance rover loses its hitchhiking 'pet rock' after more than a year together on Mars
By Harry Baker published
The rover has finally lost a pesky rock that had become lodged in its front left wheel "like a pebble in its shoe." The stone had accompanied the rover for more than half its time on the Red Planet.

Will Earth ever lose its moon?
By Charles Q. Choi published
The moon is slowly creeping away from Earth, but will we actually lose the moon before the sun turns into a red giant and destroys us both?

Eerie sounds triggered by plasma waves hitting Earth's magnetic field captured in new NASA sound clip
By Harry Baker published
NASA has converted years of satellite data on Earth's magnetosphere into eerie sound clips that can be used by citizen scientists to help make new discoveries.

Out-of-control defunct NASA satellite will smash into Earth today
By Ben Turner published
The RHESSI satellite, which monitored the sun for nearly two decades, is set to crash to Earth at 9:30 p.m. EDT today.

Sun's fiery surface revealed in amazing composite of 90,000 images
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Astrophotographers have created an incredible image of the sun by piecing together thousands of photographs.

Venus has thousands more volcanoes than we thought, and they might be active
By Harry Baker published
Researchers have mapped out at least 85,000 volcanoes on Venus' surface, and recent findings suggest that some of them are likely active.

Artemis Program: NASA's plan to send humans back to the moon
By Adam Mann last updated
Basic information about the Artemis program's Space Launch System and Orion capsule.
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