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Could future astronauts build houses on Mars with bacteria?
Would you like to live in a house on Mars made with Earth bacteria and Martian rocks?
30 years of SOHO staring at the sun | Space photo of the day for Dec. 2, 2025
This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only about three years.
A dying satellite could use its final moments to photograph the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029
The Australian company HEO Robotics wants to join efforts to study a rare space event, conducting its own flyby of the asteroid Apophis when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029.
I watched scientists track interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the solar system in real-time: 'This is some prime-time science'
"These images are not just pretty."
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.
Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, knocking out radio signals across Australia
A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into view with more activity likely.
Electric discovery on Mars! Scientists find tiny lightning bolts coming from Red Planet dust clouds
Scientists used data from NASA's Perseverance rover to find tiny lightning bolts on Mars that could scour biosignatures off the world's surface
Earth's newfound 'episodic-squishy lid' may guide our search for habitable worlds
A newly discovered tectonic "regime" may explain why Earth has active plates while Venus remains stagnant.
