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The Moon will pass directly in front of Venus this Wednesday afternoon in a rare daytime sky show visible across the U.S. and Canada. You won't need a telescope to catch this once-in-five-years cosmic alignment.
Millions of people across North America can witness a rare celestial event tonight as the Moon passes directly in front of Mercury, with the best views in decades for those watching from Mexico and the southwestern United States. Even if you miss the full occultation, the pairing of a bright crescent Moon with Mercury creates a stunning sight worth stepping outside to see.
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022 and changed its path around the sun. The success proves humanity could defend Earth from a dangerous space rock heading our way.
On Saturday evening, April 25, millions across the eastern U.S. will witness the moon glide in front of Regulus, one of the night sky's brightest stars. The rare celestial show is free for anyone with eyes to the sky.
After a month of silence that threatened to end its mission, Europe's Proba-3 Coronagraph satellite has reconnected with Earth. The spacecraft, which creates artificial solar eclipses in space, is stable and recovering from its ordeal.
The crescent moon will glide through the stunning Pleiades star cluster on April 19, and you can watch the rare celestial event unfold live online. Italian skywatchers get the best view as sunset reveals this beautiful cosmic dance.
June 2026 brings a cosmic triple treat: Venus and Jupiter will dance together at sunset, the Moon will swallow Venus whole for viewers across the Americas, and summer's most spectacular deep-sky wonders return to the night sky.
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Fifteen years after her death, groundbreaking artist Leonora Carrington is experiencing a major cultural moment with a new biopic, major exhibitions in Paris and London, and record-breaking auction sales. The British Surrealist, who refused to be anyone's muse and became a feminist icon in Mexico, is finally receiving the recognition she deserved all along.
Four years after NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test Earth's defenses, scientists confirmed it worked even better than expected. The impact not only changed the asteroid's path but altered its orbit around the Sun for the first time in human history.
NASA's DART mission successfully knocked an asteroid off its path around the sun, proving we could defend Earth from a space rock threat. Amateur astronomers traveled the globe to confirm this planetary defense milestone.
Skywatchers will witness a stunning celestial pairing on February 18th when a paper-thin crescent Moon drifts just minutes away from Mercury at sunset. Five planets will crowd the western sky in this rare alignment that marks the unofficial arrival of spring.
For the first time ever, humans have measurably altered how a celestial body orbits the Sun. NASA's DART mission proved we can protect Earth from dangerous asteroids.
For the first time ever, humans have measurably shifted the orbit of a celestial body around the Sun. When NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022, the impact changed the path of not just one asteroid, but two.
Four years after NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, new research confirms humanity just changed a space rock's path around the Sun for the first time ever. The successful experiment means we now have a proven way to protect our planet from future asteroid threats.
February's full moon rises tonight, offering stargazers their last chance to see one of the highest, brightest moons of the year. The Snow Moon brings a spectacular sky show visible to everyone, from seasoned astronomers to curious kids.
For the first time in human history, we've measurably changed how a space rock orbits the Sun. NASA's 2022 asteroid impact proved we can defend Earth from cosmic threats.
A UK-led space mission aims to create total solar eclipses on demand, giving scientists an unprecedented view of the sun's atmosphere to better forecast damaging solar storms. The innovation could protect our tech-dependent world from billion-dollar disruptions.
A new AI tool from Mayo Clinic spots pancreatic cancer on routine CT scans up to three years before doctors would normally diagnose it, nearly doubling the detection rate of expert radiologists. The breakthrough could transform outcomes for a cancer that kills most patients simply because it's found too late.