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Astronomy

We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend
Categories: Astronomy

We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend
Categories: Astronomy

Astronaut makes 'space kimchi fried rice' in orbit as crew starts packing for trip home | On the ISS this week July 21-25, 2025

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
The four members of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission on the Expedition 73 crew began packing for home, while also calling down to Earth to share their ongoing work aboard the ISS.
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Organ Proteins Reveal How Aging Accelerates at 50 Years Old

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:45pm

Aging is a complex process that plays out differently across different organs, according to growing evidence

Categories: Astronomy

Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:35pm

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy

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Not so fantastic: the less than glorious history of the Fantastic Four on the big screen

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:30pm
Unlike other superhero superstars, the Fanastic Four have traditionally struggled with the transition to the big screen.
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Meet the SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts launching to the ISS on July 31

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:07pm
Crew-11 will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 31 atop a Falcon 9 rocket, if all goes to plan.
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Blue Origin to fly AI-powered space surveillance sensor on 1st flight of Blue Ring spacecraft

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:17pm
Blue Origin has announced the payload for the first-ever flight of its Blue Ring spacecraft —Scout Space's Owl space domain awareness sensor.
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The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 Trionda World Cup Soccer Ball

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:00pm

Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game

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Heat Dome Temperatures May Break Records in Eastern U.S.

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 11:30am

Tens of millions of people are already under heat alerts, and the worst is yet to come

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Betelgeuse's Companion Has Been Found — Or Has It?

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 10:38am

A new image from the Gemini Observatory might show a stellar companion to Betelgeuse, but the discovery is tentative.

The post Betelgeuse's Companion Has Been Found — Or Has It? appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 10:00am
Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere
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Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 10:00am
Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere
Categories: Astronomy

Senegal becomes 56th country to sign Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 10:00am
Senegal has officially joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 56th nation — and the fourth African country — to commit to a shared vision for peaceful and transparent space exploration.
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Week in images: 21-25 July 2025

ESO Top News - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 9:10am

Week in images: 21-25 July 2025

Discover our week through the lens

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NASA or the Space Force: Who should protect Earth from dangerous asteroids?

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 9:00am
NASA currently leads the nation's planetary defense efforts, but some are calling for the Space Force to take control.
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This Newborn Planet Is Carving Out A Home In Its Protoplanetary Disk

Universe Today - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 8:22am

We can understand how Earth formed by watching other planets form in distant solar systems. Powerful telescopes like the VLT are making that possible. New observations show a baby planet sculpting patterns in the gas and dust around its star.

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Is It Worth Going Back to the Moon?

Universe Today - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 8:22am

It is true that crewed missions to the Moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous.

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Peculiar galaxy seems to contain surprisingly pristine stars

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 8:00am
Stars uncontaminated by heavier elements are thought to have formed very early in the universe, but a galaxy much later in cosmic history might let us see them for the first time
Categories: Astronomy

Peculiar galaxy seems to contain surprisingly pristine stars

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 8:00am
Stars uncontaminated by heavier elements are thought to have formed very early in the universe, but a galaxy much later in cosmic history might let us see them for the first time
Categories: Astronomy