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![Hot, burning earth, doomsday.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NGvZZwZcEUCM8js47GnPBZ-320-80.jpg)
Stephen Hawking: Earth Could Turn Into Hothouse Planet Like Venus
By Tia Ghose published
Stephen Hawking recently described a runaway climate scenario in which Earth turns into a hothouse planet like Venus, but most climate experts say it is a gross exaggeration.
![The Parker Solar Probe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A7UtCPYSPrRHJocjP9db5g-320-80.jpg)
Touching the Sun: NASA Mission Renamed 'Parker Solar Probe'
By Mike Wall published
NASA's upcoming sun-studying mission, which will come much closer to Earth's star than any spacecraft in history, has been renamed the Parker Solar Probe, agency officials announced today (May 31).
![NASA is sending the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft to within 4 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the sun in 2018. And they are taking every precaution to keep the craft from melting.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pA3so8WmN2KdfdfnNiWirG-320-80.jpg)
Could a Spacecraft Fly to the Sun?
By Laura Geggel published
Humans have sent spacecraft to the moon, the red planet Mars and even distant interstellar space, but can we send a spaceship to the scorching sun?
![(Left) Artist's illustration of the Lucy spacecraft flying by the Trojan asteroid Eurybates. Trojans are fossils of planet formation and so will supply important clues to the earliest history of the solar system. (Right) Psyche, the first mission to the m](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P45JsTp5bVgGGfMtt7t8rb-320-80.jpg)
Truly Strange Asteroids Take Center Stage in 2 New NASA Missions
By Mike Wall published
NASA's next low-cost planetary missions will attempt to unravel the mysteries of some odd asteroids.
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Goddess Alert: Marble Statues of Aphrodite Unearthed at Petra
By Mindy Weisberger published
Two marble statues representing the ancient goddess Aphrodite/Venus were recently found at Petra, an ancient city in Jordan.
![Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania is the only volcano on Earth that gushes natrocarbonatite lava.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AfXNW67Wts2LHQpNNAPaKU-320-80.jpg)
Earth & Sky: Planets Align During Volcanic Eruption
By Stephanie Pappas published
A sunrise photograph shows an unusual volcano sending ash toward a conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the moon. Tanzania's Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only active volcano of its kind.
![Venus Transit, June 2004](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kf4hTyc4zam3uiebZoKJcA-320-80.jpg)
Celestial Showstopper: The Only Venus Transits I'll Ever See (Op-Ed)
By Victor Rogus published
Capturing Venus pass before the sun is a rare sight that, if you missed it, you may not live to see.
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