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See the bright 'evening star' Venus swing by the crescent moon tonight
By Hanneke Weitering published
After a close encounter with the moon on Sunday (April 26), Venus will be at its greatest brightness of the year on Tuesday (April 28).
This Newly Discovered Asteroid Is the Second-Closest Natural Object to the Sun
By Laura Geggel published
Excluding Mercury, this newly discovered asteroid has the smallest known aphelion distance in our entire solar system.
Did Venus, Earth's 'Twisted Sister' Hellscape Planet, Once Harbor Water — and Life?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Venus, our solar system's broiling, radiation-bombarded, sulfuric-acid-raining, toxic hellscape of a planet, may once have been quite nice, actually.
How This Huge, Superfast Asteroid Stayed Hidden in Near-Earth Orbit
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
The year goes by quickly for this newfound asteroid.
Back to the Stone Age: 17 key milestones in Paleolithic life
By Tom Metcalfe published
The Stone Age may not have been "The Flintstones," but there were definitely caveman qualities to it.
10 Interesting Places in the Solar System We'd Like to Visit
By Adam Mann published
Counting down the weirdest spots in our cosmic backyard.
What’s the Closest Planet to Earth? Not Venus, Scientists Say
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
That acronym you learned to memorize the order of the planets has led you astray.
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