It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

— Plato

Astronomy

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida (video)

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 11:50pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake off the Coast of Russia

Scientific American.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 10:01pm

Tsunami warnings and advisories were issued around the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, the largest earthquake since the 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan

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Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris, fails on historic debut launch (video)

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 8:42pm
Gilmour Space made history today (July 29), conducting the first-ever orbital launch attempt with an Australian-built rocket. That vehicle, named Eris, didn't get very far.
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APOD - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 8:00pm

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California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 6:06pm
A battery made from cheap and non-flammable iron and salt could provide emergency power in one of California’s high wildfire risk zones
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California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 6:06pm
A battery made from cheap and non-flammable iron and salt could provide emergency power in one of California’s high wildfire risk zones
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX moves Starship to launch pad for testing ahead of Flight 10 (photos)

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 6:00pm
SpaceX has moved its Starship spacecraft to the launch pad for testing ahead of the vehicle's 10th flight, which is expected to take place next month.
Categories: Astronomy

Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 5:28pm
An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage
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Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 5:28pm
An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage
Categories: Astronomy

The 1st trailer for James Cameron's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' promises a stunning three-way battle for the future of Pandora (video)

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 5:00pm
James Cameron's third Avatar movie is turning the rules upside down, introducing a nefarious Na'vi clan as the human invaders go all-out.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch India and NASA launch the powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite on July 30

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 4:30pm
India will launch the NISAR Earth-observing spacecraft, a joint effort of ISRO and NASA, on July 30, and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

Waterworld we live in: 30 years on from 'Waterworld', Kevin Costner's watery 'Mad Max' is better than you remember

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 4:00pm
Unfairly dismissed as a flop on release, 'Waterworld' is a spectacular example of the '90s action genre. If only they didn't give him gills…
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Biggest cosmic explosion on record since the Big Bang is revealing the secrets of gamma-ray bursts

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 3:00pm
The BOAT is the ruler of all gamma-ray bursts, releasing as much energy in seconds as the sun will in 10 billion years — and it could be revealing the secrets of these extreme cosmic blasts.
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Astronaut arteries are A-OK after living on the International Space Station, per a new study

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 2:00pm
Living in space changes the human body — but arteries seem particularly resilient to microgravity's effects.
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Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 1:00pm
A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".
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Hurricane Forecasters Keep Access to Threatened Defense Department Satellite Data

Scientific American.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:22pm

Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as originally planned

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Trump’s EPA Targets ‘Endangerment Finding’ Underlying Climate Change Policy for Reducing Carbon

Scientific American.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:20pm

The Trump administration is releasing its proposal to undo the “endangerment finding,” the long-standing rationale and legal imperative for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

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Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00pm
Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable
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Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00pm
Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable
Categories: Astronomy

See the crescent moon shine beside blue star Spica at sunset on July 30

Space.com - Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00pm
Spica and the moon will appear over the southwestern horizon at sunset
Categories: Astronomy