India is the first country to land at the Moon's south pole

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India just made spaceflight history in more ways than one. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's Vikram lander has successfully touched down on the Moon, marking the country's first successful landing on the lunar surface. It's just the fourth country to do so after the Soviet Union, US and China.

A mysterious green comet is approaching Earth and could be visible to the naked eye soon. Here's how to see it.

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A green comet, called ISON, passing the Earth about ten years ago. Astronomers have spotted another comet with a green tail, comet Nishimura, which could be seen with the naked eye from Earth in early to mid-September.

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The looming crisis that's going to crush homeowners from coast to coast

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As the risk of wildfires and storms grows, owning a home is getting riskier — and it's showing up in the insurance market.

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Cinda Larimer was delivering newspapers on a cool November morning in Paradise, California, when she noticed something softly float down from the sky: ash.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a secret star Hubble missed, maybe solving the mystery of a dying star's multi-layered nebula

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail with its mid-infrared instrument.

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Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds

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Tourists walk between a rift in the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates at at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland.

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Frogs freeze their bodies and platypuses detect electric fields: Here are 10 incredible ways animals survive treacherous environments

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A colorful cuttlefish blends in with the surrounding rocks in the water near Thailand
A cuttlefish blending in to its surrounding in the waters surrounding Thailand.

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Webb Space Telescope captures the Ring Nebula in mesmerizing detail

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured extraordinarily detailed images published today of the Ring Nebula. The gaseous cloud, also called M57 and NGC 6720, contains 20,000 dense globules rich in molecular hydrogen. It sits about 2,500 light years away from Earth.

How to find water when you're lost in the desert

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The hot sun and arid climate can make finding water imperative in the desert.

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Russia's Luna-25 moon-lander spun out of control and crashed, fumbling an attempt to become the first country to land on the lunar south pole. India is up next.

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Russia's Luna-25 lander was set to beat India to be the first to land on the lunar south pole. But something went wrong during its descent.

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Elon Musk is gearing up to launch his Starship mega-rocket in August. Here are 2 changes SpaceX made to stop it exploding.

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Side by side images show Starship on its first integrated launch in April 20 next to a picture of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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