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May 2, 2016

Astronauts snap amazing total solar eclipse photos from space

Astronauts on the International Space Station caught sight of an amazing solar eclipse March 20, and they have the photos to prove it.

May 2, 2016

Total solar eclipse on Friday: How to watch it live online

Even though most people around the world won't be able to see Friday's total solar eclipse in person, anyone with an Internet connection can watch it live online thanks to two webcasts featuring the cosmic event.

May 2, 2016

Major solar storm hits Earth

A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colorful northern lights farther south, federal forecasters said.

May 2, 2016

Jupiter's moon Ganymede has a salty ocean with more water than Earth

A salty ocean is lurking beneath the surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have found.

May 2, 2016

Space hibernation: Will the Philae comet lander wake up?

The Rosetta spacecraft began listening for signs of ‘life’ from the Philae comet lander early on Thursday as the European Space Agency attempts to contact the historic probe.

May 2, 2016

Space ‘rain’ and black holes solve galactic star-making mystery

For decades, the reason why some galaxies produce more stars than others has remained a mystery. However, a team of astronomers at Michigan State University now believes they may have finally solved the riddle.

May 2, 2016

Test of world's largest solid rocket steeped in space shuttle history

When the world's largest solid rocket motor is ignited in Utah this week, it will not leave the ground, but it will fire with components that have a long spaceflight history.

May 2, 2016

Fierce 'superflares' from the Sun zapped the infant Earth

Our young sun may have routinely blasted Earth with gobs of energy more powerful than any similar bombardments recorded in human history.

May 2, 2016

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft achieves Ceres orbit, makes history

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft successfully entered Ceres' orbit early on Friday, making history as the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet.

May 2, 2016

Warp in space-time swallows pulsar

Astronomers have watched a pulsar some 25,000 light-years from Earth slip from view, swallowed by a warp in the fabric of spacetime.