The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun

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The aurora borealis could be seen above skies in the northern United States on Friday thanks to winds from a giant
The aurora borealis may be seen above skies in the northern United States on Friday thanks to winds from a giant "hole" in the sun.

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A 'hole' 30 times Earth's size has spread across the sun, blasting solar winds that'll hit our planet by end of this week

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A video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the massive hole in the sun's atmosphere.
A video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the massive hole in the sun's atmosphere.

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The 2023 spring equinox is here — here's what it is and how it works

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Earth is a like 7,917-mile-wide rotisserie chicken.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spots a rare star preparing to explode and die in a supernova

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A pre-supernova star, called a Wolf-Rayet star, in near-infrared and mid-infrared via the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Here's every key spacesuit NASA astronauts have worn since the 1960s — and the new moon suit it just unveiled

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NASA astronauts have donned a lot of different spacesuits over the decades.

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These 5 major cruise liners say Elon Musk's Starlink internet will roll out on their ships this year for guest WiFi

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Cruise liners like Royal Caribbean are installing Elon Musk's satellite internet, Starlink, on ships.

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Ghostly photos from NASA's Curiosity rover reveal beautiful, rare clouds and the first sun rays ever spotted on Mars

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A sunset on Mars captured by the Curiosity rover.

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A bright comet is heading towards Earth and could outshine the stars in the sky, say astronomers

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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) that passed the Earth in 2020. Scientists expect comet C/2023 A3 will be even brighter.

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13 times solar storms caused freak events on Earth, from detonating mines to crashing financial markets

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This image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 20, 2013 shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the sun.

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China has a 'stunning lead' over the US in the research of 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies, new study finds

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China has a 'stunning lead' over the US in the research of 37 out of 44 of critical and emerging technologies, new study finds.

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