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Best binoculars by price — Find the perfect pair for your budget

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 1:00pm
Bring the universe closer — here’s our round-up of the best binoculars by price for those looking for something cheap, looking to invest a little more or those 'forever home' binoculars
Categories: Astronomy

JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence of a "direct collapse" black hole.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers witness the birth of a planetary system for the 1st time (video)

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 11:01am
Astronomers have witnessed the birth of an entirely new star system for the first time. The budding planets are forming around the infant star HOPS-315.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's sci-fi-looking X-59 feels the supersonic wind blow in test tunnel | Space photo of the day for July 16, 2025

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 9:07am
NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel to measure the noise underneath the jet.
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Our Milky Way galaxy may be surrounded by 100 undetected 'orphan' galaxies

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 9:00am
New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint "orphan" galaxy companions.
Categories: Astronomy

If aliens existed on Mars 3.7 billion years ago, they would have needed umbrellas

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 8:00am
"Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now."
Categories: Astronomy

Colossal eruption carves 250,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' into the sun (video)

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 7:36am
A massive filament eruption carved a 250,000-mile-long "canyon of fire" into the sun — and sent a CME sailing into space.
Categories: Astronomy

Why is the moon's far side so weird? China's lunar sample-return mission may have figured it out

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 6:00am
The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar near and far sides.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California (video)

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 10:18pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 26 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 15, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 6:00pm
New research indicates that cellular "pockets" that are the first step toward protocells, the precursors of life, could form in the methane seas of Saturn's moon Titan.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 3rd batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation (video)

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 4:00pm
SpaceX launched 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites early Wednesday morning (July 16), the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 liftoff.
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Revenge of the Savage Planet is an 'upbeat, optimistic dystopia' that pulls no punches on our corporate overlords (interview)

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 3:00pm
'We had an idea for a meat planet' — Revenge of the Savage Planet game director Alex Hutchinson talks strange new worlds and mocking corporate spaceflight.
Categories: Astronomy

The Perseid meteor shower kicks off summer 'shooting star' season this week. Here's how to see it

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 2:00pm
Each summer, skywatchers around the world look forward to the famous Perseid meteor shower, but often overlook four lesser showers that peak between July 29 and Aug. 16.
Categories: Astronomy

'Boldness is all!' — 'Murderbot' is getting a season 2 on Apple TV+

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 12:00pm
Apple TV+'s excellent adaptation of Martha Wells’s witty sci-fi novels scores another mission as 'Murderbot' is renewed for season 2.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers hike up Mount Blanc for the view | Space photo of the day for July 15, 2025

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 12:00pm
Four mountaineers and astronomy lovers hiked the tallest peak in Western Europe.
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SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 11:00am
SpaceX plans to launch the 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket about three weeks from now, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk.
Categories: Astronomy

Deals you missed on Prime Day — get these extended deals now before they are gone

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 10:38am
These Prime Day deals on telescopes, binoculars, cameras, Lego, model rockets and drones are still live on Amazon right now.
Categories: Astronomy

This exclusive NordVPN offer allows you to stream, download and work online anywhere in the world with complete safety, with 79% off, free bonus months of access and a $50 Amazon voucher

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 10:12am
Our exclusive NordVPN deal gives you complete online security and convenience for a 79% discount, four free bonus months and a $50 Amazon voucher.
Categories: Astronomy

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' pushes for crewed moon missions, but proposed budget cuts leave NASA science behind

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 10:00am
The U.S. government's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act finds funding for Artemis and Lunar Gateway, but nearly half of NASA's science missions are on the chopping block ahead of the 2026 budget.
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The largest Mars rock on Earth is up for auction in NYC — it could be yours for $4 million (or more)

Tue, 07/15/2025 - 9:00am
The largest Mars rock on Earth will soon be auctioned off in NYC, and could sell for at least $2 million.
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