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A large filament eruption on the Sun’s southern hemisphere may have sent a CME toward Earth Forecasters are working to confirm its direction and possible arrival time

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The ozone hole over Antarctica grew to its second-largest size on record for this time of year It peaked at more than 10.6 million square miles in September, nearly 3x the size of the US

A polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere showing ozone concentration. A large, deep pink and purple area centered over Antarctica indicates low ozone levels, while surrounding areas are shown in shades of blue, green, and yellow.
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A strong solar storm is hitting Earth right now after a solar eruption arrived a day earlier than forecast Northern lights are possible across the northern U.S. after dark tonight

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34 years ago today, a bowling ball-sized meteorite slammed into a parked Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York ☄️ The 27-pound space rock punched straight through the trunk The owner had just bought the car for $300 and was later able to sell it for $25,000

A reddish-orange sedan with severe crumple damage and torn metal on the rear trunk and right side, parked on a grassy lawn next to a house.A close-up photograph of a sliced meteorite section. The rock has a metallic, golden-brown, crystalline texture with dark, irregular veins running through it. A metric ruler is positioned at the top for scale.
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NOAA has issued a storm watch for Saturday night as several solar eruptions head toward Earth Northern lights could reach as far south as New York, Wisconsin and Washington state, peaking from 11pm to 2am ET

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New Caltech study finds the solar system as we know it will end sooner than scientists thought As the Sun dies, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will likely be knocked out of their orbits 🪐 Some planets could be flung into deep space

An artist's concept of a solar system featuring a large, glowing orange sun at the center. Several planets, including one with rings and one with stripes, follow chaotic, non-circular orbital paths through a dark, starry space.
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Change-of-command ceremony took place Sunday aboard the station. Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot and Russia's Andrey Fedyaev are targeting undocking early Wednesday and splashdown off California around 11:25am ET Thursday. Stay tuned for updates.

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A Russian cosmonaut is now in command of the International Space Station NASA's Jessica Meir handed command to Pyotr Dubrov yesterday as she prepares to head back to the surface this week

Portrait of a woman with curly brown hair in a white NASA spacesuit with a backpack, US flag patch, and mission patches, resting a gloved hand on a white helmet with a gold visor on a black pedestal, with a US flag at left against a blue backdrop.The International Space Station orbits Earth, with its solar arrays extended against a backdrop of white clouds, blue oceans, and a star-filled black void of space.
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Scientists say one of Saturn's moons could have the right conditions to support alien life Earth microbes survived in a lab recreation of Enceladus' underground ocean

A close-up view of the moon Enceladus against a black background. The moon's surface is pale with blue and white tones, featuring prominent ridges, cracks, and deep fissures stretching across its icy landscape.A black and white electron micrograph of a single microbe with a dark, textured cell body and numerous long, thin, hair-like flagella extending from one side.
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