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NASA’s 2024 Solar Eclipse Broadcast Earns Two Emmy Nominations

The agency's groundbreaking live coverage and creative show open are recognized ahead of the June 2025 Emmy Awards ceremony.

Astronomers Identify Potential Planet Nine Candidate from Archival Infrared Data

Elon Musk Declares Mars Colonization Humanity's 'Life Insurance' as Starbase Becomes an Incorporated City

Astronomers Identify Prime Candidate for Hypothetical Planet Nine

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Captures High-Resolution Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy Mission Captures Detailed Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Comet SWAN Disintegrates Near Sun, Dashing Hopes for Naked-Eye Viewing

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Prepares for Close Flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Oxford Study Challenges Asteroid Theory of Earth's Water Origin

Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) Illuminates Pre-Dawn Skies Ahead of Solar Encounter

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses Small Risk of Lunar Impact

Solar Wind Compression Heats Jupiter's Atmosphere, Revealing Global Effects

James Webb Telescope Captures Neptune's Auroras for the First Time

Venus to Align Between Earth and Sun During Rare Astronomical Event

Saturn's Moon Count Soars to 274 with Discovery of 128 New Satellites

March 2025 Offers Rare Celestial Events, Including Total Lunar Eclipse and Northern Lights

Rare Planet Parade Offers Stunning Night Sky Views This Week

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Captures First Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Rare Seven-Planet Alignment Visible This Week

NASA Supercomputer Reveals Spiral Structure in Solar System’s Outer Edge