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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.
Space weather scales are outdated and confusing. Here's what NOAA scientists are doing about it
By Meredith Garofalo published
After receiving feedback from nearly 500 people about revising NOAA's Space Weather Scales, scientists continue to assess what changes need to be front and center.
Exploring Venus may require exotic tech like balloons and 'aerobots'
By Leonard David published
Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from balloons to long-lived landers.
'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet
By Harry Baker published
Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.
Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system
By Victoria Corless published
They're calling them "planetary embryos".
Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up. Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry
By Robert Lea published
The chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 appear to have doubled, but an asteroid hunter explains to Space.com why this isn't cause for concern.
Hopping robot will hunt for moon water on China's Chang'e 7 lunar mission in 2026
By Andrew Jones published
China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of water at the lunar south pole.
Europe signs contract for its 1st moon lander, Argonaut
By Andrew Jones published
The Argonaut moon lander one way the European Space Agency is getting involved in international lunar exploration endeavors.
NASA satellites catch Earth's magnetic field making music
By Kiona N. Smith published
Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these strange waves form.
NASA's launching a new sun mission this month: 'PUNCH is going to see a total solar eclipse'
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and the heliosphere, and help improve astronomy techniques.
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