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2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Harry Baker

QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy [37.75358362, 14.99436372]What's in the photo? A river of lava flows down the flank of the volcano during a major outburstWhich satellite took the photo? Copernicus Sentinel-2When was it taken? June 2, 2025Satellite photos have captured a glowing "river of fire" flowing down the flanks of Mount Etna during an explosive outburst that also unleashed a giant plume of ash, smoke and volcanic gases high above the Italian island of Sicily.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Harry Baker

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A lava flow was spotted by satellites winding down the flanks of Mount Etna during an explosive outburst on June 2, which also released a large pyroclastic flow in the opposite direction. | Credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by ESAQUICK FACTSWhere is it? Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy [37.75358362, 14.99436372]What's in the photo?

3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Harry Baker |Brandon Specktor

The status of a private Japanese moon lander — which was carrying Europe's first lunar rover — is in question after ground control suddenly lost contact with the spacecraft on Thursday (June 5). Mission control lost contact with the lander, known as "Resilience," at 3:17 p.m ET, just as it was attempting a lunar touchdown. The rover, known as "Tenacious," is one of several payloads carried aboard Resilience, the second Hakuto-R lander made and operated by Japanese company ispace.

3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Harry Baker

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified several surprising molecules in the scorching clouds of a "hellish" alien world. One of the compounds has never been seen in any planetary atmosphere before. The exoplanet, dubbed WASP-121b, is a gas giant, around 1.2 times more massive than Jupiter and roughly 1.8 times as wide, that was first discovered in 2016.

3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Harry Baker

A hidden swarm of "city killer" space rocks, known as co-orbital asteroids, is likely hiding around Venus and could pose an "invisible threat" to Earth over the coming millennia if the asteroids are not found, new simulations suggest. However, there is no immediate danger to our planet, researchers told Live Science. Co-orbital asteroids are space rocks that orbit the sun alongside a planet or other large body without truly orbiting the larger object.