Record-breaking solar storm delivers spectacular auroras across Australia
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The 2030 Race for a Moon Reactor
The US’s federally funded space program has been struggling of late. With the recent cancellation of the Mars…
Northern Lights Dazzle Quebec’s Night Sky from Monday to Tuesday
A significant solar storm hit Earth on Monday, leading to stunning displays of the Northern Lights across Quebec’s…
Mars has never looked so serene in this gorgeous image from a NASA rover
Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet…
“We’re Too Close To The Debris”: Airplanes Dodge The Remains Of Exploding SpaceX Rockets
from the seems-bad dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. There are additional (exceptional!) imagery…
What to Know About the Biggest Solar Storm in Over 20 Years
Solar storms can knock a wired planet sideways, disrupting communication and navigation satellites, power grids, defense systems, data…
Astronomers Discover Gigantic Iron Bar Running Through Ring Nebula
Astronomers discovered this iron bar running for 3.7 trillion miles in the middle of the Ring Nebula |…
Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in…
James Webb telescope discovers ‘goddess of dawn’ supernova just 1 billion years after the Big Bang
Scientists have spotted a distant supernova unleashed by a collapsing star just 1 billion years after the birth…
Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station
Scripps Memorial Hospital/Chris Van Gorder Earlier this month, NASA announced that it had to cancel a scheduled spacewalk,…
NASA astronaut Suni Williams retires months after return from troubled mission to orbit
Longtime NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday — officially making the unexpectedly long Boeing Starliner test…
Powerful solar storm makes northern lights visible from Greece
One of the most powerful solar radiation storms on record, which led to the Northern Lights appearing at…