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Loaded aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lander, NASA’s LEXI instrument will observe Earth’s magnetic field from the moon (Credit: Firefly Aerospace)

NASAs LEXI Aboard Firefly Aerospaces Blue Ghost Mission

Learn more about the NASA instrument’s mission to take the first full image of Earth’s magnetic field.

NASA's LEXI Shoots to the Moon to Take First Full Images of Earth's Magnetic Field

Snapshot of Pluto and Charon during kiss-and-capture. (Credit: Robert Melikyan and Adeene Denton)





Pluto and cheron formation

Learn more about how this new mechanism may have shaped Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. 

Pluto May Have Formed From the Newly Discovered Kiss and Capture Mechanism 

T Coronae Borealis, the binary star that will potentially light up later this year, can be found right near the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky. (Credit: Jakob Weyde/Shutterstock).

corona-borealis

Learn how T Coronae Borealis, a recurrent nova known as the Blaze Star, will likely light up in the night sky later in 2025 after last doing so in 1946.

The Blaze Star Will Soon Explode After 80 Years of Waiting

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