Solar System
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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
By Julian Dossett Published
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What happened to all the water on Mars? Here's why the debate continues
By Victoria Corless Published
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Spring equinox 2025: Say goodbye to winter in the Northern Hemisphere today
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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'Microlightning' between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth. Here's how
By Kiona N. Smith Published
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Mars madness! Perfect NCAA tournament bracket wins you a trip to the Red Planet on SpaceX's Starship
By Mike Wall Published
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Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander
By Mike Wall Published
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Asteroids
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
By Julian Dossett Published
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
By Paul Sutter Published
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The solar system is teeming with 1 million 'alien invaders' from Alpha Centauri
By Robert Lea Published
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Watch asteroid 2024 YR4 zoom harmlessly through space after risk of hitting Earth falls to near zero (video)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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'That's impact probability zero folks!' Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360
By Robert Lea Last updated
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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
By Pandora Dewan Published
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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
By Robert Lea Published
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
By Victoria Corless Published
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Comets
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Comet G3 (ATLAS) looks breathtaking above future home of world's largest telescope (photos)
By Brett Tingley Published
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Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos)
By Joe Rao Published
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Trillions of comets discovered orbiting alien planet systems (image)
By Keith Cooper Published
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Photographer captures rare Comet G3 ATLAS from UK in dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image
By Daisy Dobrijevic Published
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Once-in-a-160000-year comet G3 ATLAS could shine as bright as Venus next week. Here's what to expect.
By Joe Rao Published
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Big 'dark comet' discoveries could be coming in 2025
By Darryl Seligman Published
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Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
By Jamie Carter Published
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Astronomers discover 7 new 'dark comets,' but what exactly are they?
By Keith Cooper Published
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'Crumb trails' of meteoroids could reveal potentially dangerous comets years before they reach Earth
By Abha Jain Published
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Dwarf planets
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How did life's building blocks end up on dwarf planet Ceres?
By Victoria Corless Published
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Charon: Pluto's dwarf planet partner
By Keith Cooper Last updated
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Ceres: The closest dwarf planet to Earth
By Keith Cooper Last updated
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Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris is surprisingly squishy
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Dwarf planet Ceres could be a great place to hunt for alien life. Here's why
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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See dwarf planet Haumea at its closest to Earth in 285 years tonight
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Spot dwarf planet Ceres during the new moon tonight
By Robert Lea Published
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Astronomers spy new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like dwarf planet Ceres
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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A dwarf planet beyond Neptune has a mysterious ring that astronomers can't explain
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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Earth
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Spring equinox 2025: Say goodbye to winter in the Northern Hemisphere today
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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'Microlightning' between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth. Here's how
By Kiona N. Smith Published
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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
By Tom Brown Published
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'Their loss diminishes us all': Scientists emphasize how Trump's mass NOAA layoffs endanger the world
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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The next ice age is coming in 10,000 years — unless climate change prevents it
By Keith Cooper Published
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Scientists discover Earth's oldest impact crater in Australia
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New Orleans
By Harry Baker Published
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'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's core
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Jupiter
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An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange
By Victoria Corless Published
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New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear
By Harry Baker Published
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NASA tests high-tech software for future mission to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa
By Keith Cooper Published
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Magnetic tornadoes on Jupiter are spawning Earth-size storms
By Keith Cooper Published
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Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
By Benjamin Roulston Published
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Explore Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa in NASA virtual tour (photos)
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why (video)
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA's Juno probe spots massive new volcano on Jupiter moon Io
By Andrew Jones Published
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Mars
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What happened to all the water on Mars? Here's why the debate continues
By Victoria Corless Published
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Mars madness! Perfect NCAA tournament bracket wins you a trip to the Red Planet on SpaceX's Starship
By Mike Wall Published
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Mars could have an ocean's worth of water beneath its surface, seismic data suggest
By Keith Cooper Published
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
By Keith Cooper Published
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Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you'd find in your stomach
By María Rosa Pino Otín Published
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Mars may have a solid inner core just like Earth
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Is it time to revisit what NASA's Viking lander found on Mars in 1976?
By Leonard David Published
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NASA's Europa Clipper will fly close to Mars today on way to Jupiter's icy moon
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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A Chinese research team is developing a lightweight robotic drone that could aid the nation's Mars exploration ambitions.
By Leonard David Published
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Mercury
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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters
By Kiona N. Smith Published
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BepiColombo probe captures haunting Mercury image on 5th of 6 gravity assist flybys (photo)
By Brett Tingley Published
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BepiColombo spacecraft's flyby of Mercury begins unraveling the planet's magnetic mystery
By Robert Lea Published
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Magnetic mystery at Mercury revealed by BepiColombo probe (video)
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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BepiColombo probe captures stunning Mercury images in closest flyby yet
By Andrew Jones Published
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Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds
By Robert Lea Published
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Mercury slammed by gargantuan eruption from the sun's hidden far side, possibly triggering 'X-ray auroras'
By Harry Baker Published
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Mercury is home to exotic glaciers of salt, and they may host life beneath them
By Robert Lea Published
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Here's the (moon) scoop: Mercury 7-flown clock, Apollo lunar shovel up for auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Neptune
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Could Neptune's largest moon swing a spacecraft into the planet's orbit?
By Paul Sutter Published
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Why is Neptune's moon Triton so weird?
By Paul Sutter Published
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Weird dark spot on Neptune may have a bright spot buddy
By Keith Cooper Published
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Neptune's clouds have vanished, and the sun may be to blame (video)
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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4 elusive 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets discovered in a cosmic game of hide-and-seek
By Robert Lea Published
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Neptune: A guide to the windy eighth planet from the sun
By Charles Q. Choi Last updated
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Newly discovered 'mini-Neptune' may have an ocean or an atmosphere - but not for long
By Robert Lea Published
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Watch Venus snuggle up to Neptune for Valentine's Day tonight
By Robert Lea Published
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Neptune moons: Facts about the elusive moons of the Neptunian system
By Elizabeth Howell Last updated
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Pluto
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Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years later
By John Loeffler Published
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Clyde Tombaugh: The astronomer who discovered Pluto
By Nola Taylor Tillman Last updated
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How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
By Robert Lea Published
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We could float effortlessly in Pluto's subsurface ocean
By Rahul Rao Published
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Pluto's heart-shaped scar may offer clues to the frozen world's history
By Rahul Rao Published
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Pluto TV will rally to make Pluto a planet again on April 1 (it's no joke)
By Tariq Malik Published
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Supervolcano eruption on Pluto hints at hidden ocean beneath the surface
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Pluto: Everything you need to know about the dwarf planet
By Charles Q. Choi Last updated
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Cracks on Pluto's moon Charon may be evidence of a frozen subsurface ocean
By Robert Lea Published
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Saturn
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Saturn officially has 128 more moons
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Saturn's moons: Facts about the weird and wonderful satellites of the ringed planet
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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Geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may not come from its underground ocean
By Victoria Corless Published
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Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought
By Charles Q. Choi Published
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Before plunging to its death, NASA's Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn's moon Titan
By Robert Lea Published
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Saturn's planet-wide storms driven by seasonal heating, Cassini probe reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Surf's up! Liquid methane waves on Saturn moon Titan may erode shores of alien lakes and rivers
By Rahul Rao Published
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'Tiger stripes' on Saturn's moon Enceladus could reveal if its oceans are habitable
By Robert Lea Published
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull
By Robert Lea Published
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The moon
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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander
By Mike Wall Published
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The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
By Andrew Jones Published
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Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission
By Mike Wall Published
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How did Earth get such a strange moon? Exploring the giant impact theory
By Paul Sutter Published
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Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)
By Brett Tingley Published
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What is a blood moon?
By Scott Dutfield Last updated
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Watch moon dust fly as private Blue Ghost lunar lander touches down (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Dead Athena moon lander seen inside its crater grave from lunar orbit (photos)
By Mike Wall Published
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The sun
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India's Aditya-L1 solar probe watches powerful flare erupt from the sun
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind
By Keith Cooper Published
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Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts across Pacific Ocean (video)
By Meredith Garofalo Published
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When will the sun die?
By JoAnna Wendel Last updated
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Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Tiny plasma jets on the sun drive the elusive solar wind, Europe's Solar Orbiter reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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NASA's launching a new sun mission this month: 'PUNCH is going to see a total solar eclipse'
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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Aurora alert! Gigantic 500,000-mile 'hole' in the sun's atmosphere could spark impressive northern lights tonight and tomorrow (photo)
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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Perihelion: What is it and when does it occur?
By Tereza Pultarova Last updated
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Uranus
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Are there hidden oceans inside the moons of Uranus? Their wobbles could tell us
By Julian Dossett Published
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Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time
By Julian Dossett Published
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Icy moon of Uranus may have once hid watery secret, Voyager 2 archives reveal
By Conor Feehly Published
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NASA images Uranus with epic team up of Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe
By Robert Lea Published
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'Traffic jams' around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts
By Robert Lea Published
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3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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The rings of Uranus look positively festive in epic James Webb Space Telescope holiday photo
By Keith Cooper Published
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Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world
By Mike Sori Published
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Wonder what it's like to fall into Uranus? These scientists do, too
By Elizabeth Fernandez Published
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Venus
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The 1st private mission to Venus comes together ahead of possible 2026 launch (photos)
By Leonard David Published
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Exploring Venus may require exotic tech like balloons and 'aerobots'
By Leonard David Published
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Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?
By Robert Lea Published
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Venus' 'missing' giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight
By Keith Cooper Published
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Scientists find surprising clue about Venus' past in its atmosphere
By Victoria Corless Published
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Earth's 'evil twin' Venus may have mirrored our planet more than expected
By Victoria Corless Published
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Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggests
By Keith Cooper Published
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NASA just beamed a Missy Elliott song to Venus
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe
By Andrew Jones Published
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More about Solar System
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Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander
By Mike Wall Published
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
By Paul Sutter Published
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The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
By Andrew Jones Published
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