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Photographer captures rare Comet G3 ATLAS from UK in dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image
Photographer Josh Dury captured rare Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) in a dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image after a challenging chase across UK skies at dusk.
Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage
The World Monuments Fund has added the moon to its watch list of 25 historic places that face major challenges and has called for preserving lunar heritage.
Deimos: Mars' smallest moon
Reference Mars' moon Deimos is still mysterious a century and a half after its discovery.
The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.
What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?
Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.
China plans to plant a waving flag on the moon in 2026. Here's how
China's Chang'e 7 moon-landing mission will apparently include a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere.
Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images
Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.
