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NASA spacecraft tracks comet SWAN in incredible 40-day timelapse — and even glimpses interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS (video)
NASA imaged Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) every four minutes for nearly 40 days, marking the longest any comet has been tracked with such frequency.
Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wings on the Red Planet
A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurling across the surface like a butterfly in flight.
Seeing a bull's-eye in the desert | Space photo of the day for Dec. 5, 2025
Is this really a crater in the Saharan Desert?
Ancient Chinese texts reveal new clues about the 1st recorded solar eclipse
What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?
Rare solar flare caused radiation in Earth's atmosphere to spike to highest levels in nearly 20 years, researchers say
Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in November after a rare solar super-flare pummeled the planet with high-speed particles from the sun.
Rare images reveal active sunspots minutes before they unleashed powerful X-flares that caused November 2025's stunning auroras
We don't often get a good look at X-class solar flares from ground-based observatories.
Europe picks companies to help build Argonaut moon lander
Europe's plans to develop its "Argonaut" robotic moon lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will build a key element of the spacecraft.
NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)
Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust
