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It's been one year since the most intense solar storm in decades created worldwide auroras. What have we learned?
By Meredith Garofalo published
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
By Tereza Pultarova published
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)
By Samantha Mathewson published
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
By Julian Dossett published
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
By Josh Dinner published
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
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
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
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
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.

'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun': Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars
By Mike Wall published
Elon Musk explained the rather depressing fate of life on Earth to Fox News host Jesse Waters, who had asked him why humanity should go to Mars.
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