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Space photo of the week: A radio 'ring of fire' shows a solar eclipse as never seen before
Radio astronomers in California imaged the sun's scorching hot corona for the first time ever during a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14.
NASA flyby of "Dinky" asteroid reveals hidden moon
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has found a hidden asteroid "moon" swirling around the larger main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, affectionately known as Dinky.
NASA reveals 1st sample collected from potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu to public — and it may contain the seeds of life
The sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
How to watch the Taurid meteor showers peak this weekend and next
The modest Northern Taurid and Southern Taurid meteor showers peak on separate days over the next week. Here's how to get the most out of the annual display of shooting stars and fireballs.
Pluto may have an ice-spewing 'supervolcano' the size of Yellowstone, New Horizons data reveals
Kiladze Caldera, formerly called Kiladze crater, may be a supervolcano that erupted fairly recently, spewing ice across the surface of Pluto.
Massive solar eruption carves 60,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' into the sun on Halloween night
A powerful explosion from the sun briefly opened up an enormous valley on the solar surface that was more than twice as wide as the contiguous U.S. and seven times longer than Earth.
NASA finds organic compounds seeping up from hidden ocean on Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede
Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds.
15 signs the sun is gearing up for its explosive peak — the solar maximum
Experts believe the upcoming solar maximum could be more active and arrive sooner than previously expected. Here are 15 signs that they are right.
