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How to watch the full Wolf Moon 'swallow' Mars in the sky tonight — no telescope required
By Gretchen Rundorff Last updated
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See Mercury's frigid north pole in extraordinary new images from the BepiColombo spacecraft
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Giant 'kidney beans' spotted in Mars satellite images could point to signs of water and life
By Damien Pine Published
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Space photo of the week: The tilted spiral galaxy that took Hubble 23 years to capture
By Jamie Carter Published
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
By Brandon Specktor Published
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X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely to blame, experts say
By Harry Baker Published
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Best telescopes 2025: Observe galaxies, nebulas and planets
By Jase Parnell-Brookes Last updated
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Astronomy
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How to watch the full Wolf Moon 'swallow' Mars in the sky tonight — no telescope required
By Gretchen Rundorff Last updated
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See Mercury's frigid north pole in extraordinary new images from the BepiColombo spacecraft
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Giant 'kidney beans' spotted in Mars satellite images could point to signs of water and life
By Damien Pine Published
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Space photo of the week: The tilted spiral galaxy that took Hubble 23 years to capture
By Jamie Carter Published
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
By Brandon Specktor Published
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X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely to blame, experts say
By Harry Baker Published
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Mars at opposition: See the Red Planet at its best and brightest this week — or wait until 2027
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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The full Wolf Moon rises tonight (Jan. 13). Here's how to watch it block Mars from the sky.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Mars rock samples may contain evidence of alien life, but can NASA get them back to Earth?
By Patrick Pester Published
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Extraterrestrial Life
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Alien life may look nothing like life on Earth — so how should we go about looking for it?
By Chris Impey Published
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12 strange reasons humans haven't found alien life yet
By Brandon Specktor Published
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'It's hard not to believe he saw something': Historian Greg Eghigian on how UFOs took over the world
By Ben Turner Published
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The fastest-moving stars in the galaxy may be piloted by intelligent aliens, new paper suggests
By Paul Sutter Published
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UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos'
By Brett Tingley Published
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It would be easier to find aliens in a parallel universe than in our own, new multiverse study claims
By Harry Baker Published
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Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose intriguing possibility
By Paul Sutter Published
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Father-daughter team decodes 'alien signal' from Mars that stumped the world for a year
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Alien civilizations are probably killing themselves from climate change, bleak study suggests
By Sierra Bouchér Published
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Space Exploration
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New NASA robot with X-ray vision will watch Earth 'breathing' from the moon
By Ben Turner Published
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NASA and Japan launch world's 1st wooden satellite into orbit. Here's why it could help solve a huge problem for our planet.
By Ben Turner Last updated
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James Webb Space Telescope quiz: How well do you know the world's most powerful telescope?
By Ian Stokes Published
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Coolest space missions coming in 2025
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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10 times space missions went very wrong in 2024
By Harry Baker Published
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Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest-ever flyby of the sun, NASA confirms
By Sharmila Kuthunur Last updated
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve
By Harry Baker Published
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Boeing Starliner astronauts could spend nearly 300 days stuck in space — is that a new record?
By Brandon Specktor Last updated
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NASA astronauts' return to Earth delayed until at least 'late March' 2025
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Best telescopes 2025: Observe galaxies, nebulas and planets
By Jase Parnell-Brookes Last updated
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Mars at opposition: See the Red Planet at its best and brightest this week — or wait until 2027
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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The full Wolf Moon rises tonight (Jan. 13). Here's how to watch it block Mars from the sky.
By Jamie Carter Published
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