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By Robert Lea Published
Earth has caught itself a new mini-moon, and QQ8 is sticking around for Christmas.

By Mike Wall Published
China has laid out its roadmap for landing astronauts on the moon "before 2030," a milestone that NASA hopes to achieve in 2028.

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 2026.

By Robert Lea Published
Scientists have long suspected that Mars is geologically "dead" but new spacecraft observations suggests the Red Planet's volcanoes are merely sleeping.

By Keith Cooper Published
The findings are another clue towards understanding the origins of 3I/ATLAS and the planet-forming conditions around other stars.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
In this image, we can see a colorful view of an ancient, rocky Martian hill.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
Iceberg A-81 escaping the Weddell Sea and drifting near the edge of South Georgia's underwater shelf.

By Mike Wall Published
The Vera Rubin Observatory has discovered a suspected dwarf planet beyond Neptune's orbit. If confirmed, it would be the sixth known dwarf planet in our solar system.
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