Massive explosions from the sun pose a radioactive triple threat to the moon, Earth, and Mars

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A flash of light appears where the solar flare is released on the left side of the sun.
A picture of the sun taken on May 18 shows a powerful solar flare being released.

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Mars is spinning faster and its days are getting shorter — and scientists aren't sure why

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side by side images show a picture of Mars and an artist's impression of the Insight Lander picking up seismic signals on Mars.
NASA's Insight lander sent back data from Mars that shows the planet is slowly accelerating, making its days fractionally shorter every year.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS; NASA/JPL-Caltech

The moon is open for business, and entrepreneurs are racing to make billions

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The moon is pictured with a large neon 'open' sign hovering on top of it.
The moon is open for business.

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A Virgin Galactic passenger joked that he will have to wear diapers on Thursday's mission because the spaceship doesn't have toilets

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Virgin Galactic's Galactic 01
A shot of the outside of Galactic 01 during its first commercial spaceflight.

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The 2023 Perseid meteor shower will peak this weekend, bringing up to 100 fireballs per hour. Here's where to watch.

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A meteor streaks across the sky during a Perseid meteor shower in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

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NASA used an interstellar 'shout' to reconnect with Voyager 2 probe after losing it in a technical screw-up

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An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.
An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.

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Many Americans think NASA returning to the moon is a waste of time and it should prioritize asteroid hunting instead, a poll shows

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The International Space Station looking like a white dot as it passes the Moon as seen from Liverpool.
The International Space Station looking like a white dot as it passes the Moon as seen from Liverpool.

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NASA's James Webb telescope captured the spectacular death throes of a star 2,600 light year away

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A picture shows the Ring Nebula, a yellow ethereal circle surrounded by a granular purple ovoid shape, in unprecedented detail.
An image of the Ring Nebula recently taken by the James Webb Space Telescope is shown here. The structure shows the matter ejected by the super-hot dying star (purple) and a cloud of gas at its center (yellow).

NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST Ring Nebula Team photo; image processing by Roger Wesson

It should take another 300 years for NASA's Voyager 1 probe to reach the most distant region of our solar system. Until then, it's cruising through the void between the stars.

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An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.
An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.

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NASA accidentally lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe after sending a wrong command. It could mean the end of its 46-year-old mission.

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A photo montage shows pictures taken by the Voyager probes next to an illustration of what the Voyager probes look like.
An artists's impression of the Voyager probes next to a montage of examples of striking images of the solar system Voyager 1 and 2 took on their missions.

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