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NOAA satellites watch Hurricane Rafael make landfall in Cuba (video)
Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA's GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.
Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how
A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions.
'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface.
How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond
Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.
Venus' 'missing' giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight
Venus' wrinkled, deformed "tesserae" terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.
Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)
A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.
New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS
We're about to learn more about the solar wind, thanks to NASA's Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), which just arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies by Venus before historic sun encounter
NASA's Parker Solar Probe swoops in for its seventh and final swing past Venus ahead of its history-making encounter with the sun on Christmas Eve.
