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Live Science on MSNRussian volcano grows 'devil horns' and spits out 1,000-mile-long river of smoke — Earth from spaceA false-color satellite photo from 2023 shows a devilish pair of lava flows and an enormous plume of smoke spewing from Klyuchevskoy, the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia.
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YouTube on MSNSpace tourism is already hereAlthough we have been living in the space age for more than half a century, flights to Earth’s orbit are still rare. In the entire history of such flights, less than 600 people have visited space. Of course,
Discover how NASA's SWOT satellite revolutionizes flood forecasts by filling gaps in water data, enhancing protection for rural areas.
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and telecommunications—are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather.
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, according to new analysis. In 2022, the US space agency showed for the first time that Earth could indeed
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Space.com on MSNThe largest Mars meteorite on Earth has sold for $4.3 millionIt sold for more than the maximum estimated price of $4 million. On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.
The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community stated that clearly in the 2020 Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (Astro2020).
A group of international researchers said on Wednesday they witnessed some of the earliest stages of a planet beyond the sun beginning to form.
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Space.com on MSNAstronomers discover giant alien planet 35 times more massive than Earth hiding in a known star systemThe newfound exoplanet, called Kepler-139f, is a gigantic world roughly twice the mass of Neptune and 35 times the mass of Earth, and it takes 355 days to orbit its star, astronomers reported in a study published May 2 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Despite its giant size, Kepler-139f had evaded detection.