Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen...
Amazed, and as if astonished and stupefied, I stood still.

— Tycho Brahe

Astronomy

Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? New $3 billion private plan would haul home Red Planet rocks (video)

Space.com - 3 hours 1 min ago
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the current cost while achieving key science goals.
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Best Amazon Prime Day 2025 model rocket deals

Space.com - 4 hours 1 min ago
Here are the best Amazon Prime Day model rocket deals as we round up the biggest discounts ahead of the sales event, which launches on July 8.
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The ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely

Space.com - 4 hours 1 min ago
"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus."
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Radar 'leakage' from airports could lead intelligent aliens to Earth

Space.com - 5 hours 1 min ago
Radar signals from "leaky" civilian and military aviation systems could act as a beacon to alien life, revealing intelligent life on Earth while helping us pinpoint them.
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What time is the full moon on July 10?

Space.com - 6 hours 1 min ago
Find out what time the full moon rises on July 10, 2025, how to see the Buck Moon from your location, and why it looks bigger near the horizon.
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Stellar Duo

NASA Image of the Day - 6 hours 29 min ago
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image. Both stars lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1450 light years from Earth.
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

Space.com - 6 hours 34 min ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on July 8, 2025.
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How your smartphone is powered by debris from a nova star explosion

Space.com - 8 hours 1 min ago
The discovery could explain why younger stars seem to have more lithium than the Big Bang theory says they should have.
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The best viral star projector is now 25% off for Amazon Prime Day

Space.com - 8 hours 37 min ago
The Orzorz Star Projector, the best viral model and best under $100, is now 25% off this Amazon Prime Day in one of the best star projector deals.
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How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb

Space.com - 9 hours 1 min ago
At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.
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NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers works on experiment in microgravity | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2025

Space.com - 10 hours 1 min ago
Aboard the International Space Station, Ayers pulls out physics research hardware inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox
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Best Amazon Prime Day 2025 drone deals

Space.com - 11 hours 18 min ago
We've rounded up the best Amazon Prime Day drone deals as the retailer's annual sales event kicks off on July 8 and runs through to July 11.
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Anti-Prime Day camera deal from Walmart — be ready to capture the crescent moon crossing the Pleiades on July 20

Space.com - 11 hours 29 min ago
The Sony A7 III is $1380 from Walmart on this anti-Prime deal and is a huge $118 cheaper than Amazon!
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Can Canada get to orbit? Companies NordSpace and ProtoSpace hope to launch country's 1st space mission (exclusive)

Space.com - 12 hours 1 min ago
Canadian company NordSpace hopes to be the first in the country's history to launch an orbital rocket from Canadian soil. They've got the support of ProtoSpace, a specialized aerospace manufacturing provider hoping to support Canada's budding space industry.
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Why is there a spiral around the North Pole of Mars?


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Face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6946 and open star cluster NGC 6939 share


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If you know where to look, you can see a thermonuclear explosion from a white dwarf star.


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Does the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks?


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APOD - Mon, 07/07/2025 - 8:00pm

What do you see when you look into this sky?


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