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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.
It's been one year since the most intense solar storm in decades created worldwide auroras. What have we learned?
It's been one year since the historic Gannon Storm lit up the night sky with auroras and piqued interest in space weather. Here's what experts say we learned from the historic event.
The US isn't prepared for a big solar storm, exercise finds
A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for major solar storms.
See the world's largest iceberg stranded in the South Atlantic (satellite photo)
A new image from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite shows the huge Antarctic iceberg A-23A stuck 45 miles (73 kilometers) off the coast of South Georgia Island.
China uses 'gravity slingshot' to rescue pair of wayward moon satellites
After a pair of satellites failed to reach their desired orbit around the moon last year, China used a novel gravity "slingshot" tactic to get the satellites in the correct spot.
What will happen to VIPER? NASA shifts into reverse on canceled moon rover
NASA is no longer asking U.S. companies for proposals to get the ice-hunting VIPER rover to the moon but still hasn't given up on the mission.
Earth's skies pulse in sync with the sun's solar flares
Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun's fiery outbursts, indicating it is more sensitive to solar activity than previously thought, according to new research.
Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself.
