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Powerful solar flare lashes Earth, causes radio blackout across Europe and Africa
By Elizabeth Howell published
Auroras have been swirling through the skies already this week as the sun awakens from slumber.
NASA suddenly aborts moon rocket test launch with 29 seconds on the clock
By Brandon Specktor last updated
NASA aborted the 4th consecutive rehearsal launch of its powerful SLS rocket on Monday, citing a hydrogen leak.
NASA's gargantuan Mega Moon Rocket could head to space as soon as Aug. 29
By Brandon Specktor last updated
NASA announced that its Artemis-1 mission could launch as soon as Aug. 29, flying the most powerful rocket ever built around the moon and back.
A planet-size sunspot grew 10-fold in the last 2 days, and it's aimed directly at Earth
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists are watching as a planet-size sunspot has grown tenfold in the last two days and could launch solar flares directly toward Earth.
Amazonian 'zombie' fungus bursts through fly's body in grisly, contest-winning photo
By Brandon Specktor published
A grisly photo of a dead fly blooming with mind-controlling fungus has won top prize in the second annual BMC Ecology and Evolution Image Competition
Last supermoon of the year — the 'Sturgeon moon' rises tonight (Aug. 11)
By Brandon Specktor published
The Sturgeon Moon, the fourth and final supermoon of 2022, rises on Aug. 11th.
How to watch the Perseids peak (despite the full moon)
By Brandon Specktor last updated
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks this year on Aug. 11 and 12. Here’s how to watch it, and where it comes from.
A 'potentially hazardous' blue-whale-size asteroid will zip through Earth's orbit on Friday
By Ben Turner last updated
The asteroid is being tracked by NASA and isn’t a danger to Earth.
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