These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

— William Shakespeare

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Globular star cluster


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Meteors from the


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Have you ever seen a fireball?


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Can some supernovas explode twice?


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Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified


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Have you ever watched a lightning storm in awe?


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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast explains those wild and funky wigs in Season 3 (exclusive)

Space.com - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 11:00am
The cast of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" has to cover a wide range of dramatic genres, aided in part by the show's ample stockpile of wigs.
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Go behind the gory scenes of Hulu's 'Alien: Earth' with gruesome aliens and crawling eyeballs (video)

Space.com - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 10:00am
A new behind-the-scenes featurette from Hulu's upcoming 'Alien: Earth' show why the series will be pure nightmare fuel.
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Troubled balloon-tourism pioneer Space Perspective bought by Spanish company

Space.com - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 9:00am
The European company Eos X Space has acquired Space Perspective, one of its key rivals in the nascent field of stratospheric balloon tourism.
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Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters

Space.com - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 8:00am
Satellite data allows meteorologists to keep track of the location, structure and intensity of severe weather, helping to keep people safe. Now they're losing access to these satellites.
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See Mars shine close to the waxing crescent moon after sunset on July 28

Space.com - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 6:00am
Mars will be less than four degrees from the crescent moon around sunset on July 28.
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SpaceX launch from California marks 2nd Starlink mission in 24 hours (video)

Space.com - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 12:46am
After an early morning launch from Florida, SpaceX sent another 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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New Findings Indicate that the Origin of Life Started in Space

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

In the young V883 Orionis system, ALMA observations have revealed signatures of complex organic compounds such as ethylene glycol and glycolonitrile – potential precursors to amino acids, DNA, and RNA. These findings indicate that the building blocks of life may not be limited to local conditions but could form widely throughout the Universe under suitable circumstances.

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Mars' Seasonal Frost Could Briefly Host Liquid Water

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

What can brine (extra salty) water teach scientists about finding past, or even present, life on Mars? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a researcher from the University of Arkansas investigated the formation of brines using 50-year-old data. This study has the potential to help researchers better understand how past data can be used to gain greater insights on the formation and evolution of surface brines on the surface of Mars.

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Seasonal Frosts Could Lead to Patches of Briny Water on Mars' Surface

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 Recent research led by Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas offers new evidence that brines-salt-rich liquid water-could form on the Martian surface under specific seasonal conditions. Drawing on decades of research, Chevrier used atmospheric data from NASA's Viking 2 lander alongside advanced computer simulations to demonstrate that seasonal frost could briefly melt, creating small qu

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The Universe's Brightest Flash Reveals the Secrets of Cosmic Jet

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

Scientists studying the brightest gamma ray burst ever recorded have discovered evidence that these explosions produce complex, layered jets rather than simple uniform beams. This remarkable finding helps solve a long standing puzzle about how the universe's most powerful explosions work and opens new possibilities for observing similar events under challenging conditions.

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Astronauts' Hearts Stay Healthy Years After Space Missions

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

A new five year study of 13 NASA astronauts shows that their arteries remain healthy and disease free long after returning from the International Space Station, offering reassuring news for future long duration space missions and suggesting the human cardiovascular system is more resilient to spaceflight than previously thought.

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Ice in Space Isn't the Same as Ice on Earth

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

Next time you're drinking a frosty iced beverage, think about the structure of the frozen chunks chilling it down. Here on Earth, we generally see it in many forms: cubes form, sleet, snow, icicles, slabs covering lakes and rivers, and glaciers. Water ice takes all these fascinating forms, thanks to its hexagonal crystal lattice. That makes it less dense than nonfrozen water, which allows it to float in a drink, in a lake, and on the ocean.

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Is An Elusive Intermediate Mass Black Hole Eating a Star in This Distant Galaxy?

Universe Today - Sat, 07/26/2025 - 10:44pm

NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected evidence of what could be an Intermediate Mass Black Hole eating a star. It's in a galaxy 450 million light-years away, and unusual x-ray emissions highlight its location.

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