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— Carl Sagan

Astronomy

Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal

Space.com - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 9:00am
The US West Coast is the world's worst mega-drying region.
Categories: Astronomy

Congress’s NASA and NSF Budgets Counter Trump, Fund Science

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 8:00am

The House and Senate bill drafts keep NASA near current funding levels, but the Trump administration is prematurely readying the agency for heavy cuts

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Categories: Astronomy

A vast bubble around a dying star is too big to comprehend

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 7:00am
A red supergiant star is surrounded by a sphere of dust and gas so large there is no known explanation for what produced it
Categories: Astronomy

You Don’t Remember Being a Baby, but Your Brain Was Making Memories

Scientific American.com - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 7:00am

Brain scans capture memory formation in babies, raising new questions about why people forget their earliest years

Categories: Astronomy

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b have all but vanished

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 6:00am
Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest the apparent biosignature isn’t there after all
Categories: Astronomy

See Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers This Summer

Scientific American.com - Mon, 07/28/2025 - 6:00am

Set your alarm on Wednesday to see some of the summer’s stunning meteor showers.

Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Sun, 07/27/2025 - 12:00pm

Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified


Categories: Astronomy, NASA