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Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream

By Samantha Mathewson published

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online.

Asteroids
A volcano on the surface of Venus.

Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos

By Samantha Mathewson published

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Venus
graphic illustration showing what flat-earther's believe our planet looks like, a flat disk.

How to debate a flat-Earther: Proven scientific arguments and strategies

By Paul Sutter last updated

Some people around the world believe our planet is flat. Here's the (surprising) truth about debating them.

Earth

Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere

By Kiona N. Smith published

Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.

Jupiter
The possible lunar base designed by Foster + Partners would have room enough for four moon residents at a time.

Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.

By Keith Cooper published

Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.

The moon
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7, 2023.

Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'

By Victoria Corless published

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

Jupiter
image of shadow of blue ghost lander on moon, with earth in the background.

NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface

By Julian Dossett published

New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

The moon

What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?

By Victoria Corless published

Understanding exoplanet evolution could help solve the mystery of the 'hot Neptune desert.'

Exoplanets
A yellow orb is surrounded by tons of yellow dots representing space debris below 0.1 mm.

ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem

By Monisha Ravisetti published

The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

Earth
a bright red arc of light seen against greyish red clouds in space. hundreds of stars dot the background

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space

By Samantha Mathewson published

A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Galaxies
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