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Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 2:00pm
A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites.
Categories: Astronomy

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch next space tourism mission on Aug. 3

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 1:00pm
Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (Aug. 3) for the launch of its next suborbital tourism mission, which will send crypto billionaire Justin Sun and five other people to the final frontier.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX, NASA scrub Crew-11 astronaut launch due to weather (video)

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:46pm
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA just a minute before liftoff today (July 31) after clouds intruded.
Categories: Astronomy

Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 10:00am
The Sculptor galaxy is a treasure trove of information that astronomers around the world cannot wait to pick apart.
Categories: Astronomy

Venus reaches its highest point in the eastern predawn sky on Aug. 1: Here's how to see it

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 10:00am
Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1.
Categories: Astronomy

ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 9:00am
A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star
Categories: Astronomy

Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is Star Trek's real interstellar ladies' man

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 9:00am
Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but "Strange New Worlds" has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan's surprisingly complicated love life
Categories: Astronomy

New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:00am
Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.
Categories: Astronomy

Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability'

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 6:00am
The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch SpaceX launch Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA today after delay

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:01am
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission are scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station Friday (Aug. 1), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 31

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 6:11pm
Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX polled 'go' to proceed with a launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS on Thursday (July 31).
Categories: Astronomy

JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 6:00pm
The James Webb Space Telescope's investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in sculpting the death of the primary star.
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'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is a love letter to the Space Age we always dreamed of

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:00pm
From rocketships and exoplanets, to FTL and black holes, there's something for every space fan in Marvel's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps."
Categories: Astronomy

Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 4:00pm
NASA's next moon astronauts underscored the importance of their upcoming Artemis 2 mission despite a turbulent time for the space agency full of budget cuts and workforce reductions.
Categories: Astronomy

US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane launching Aug. 21 to test quantum sensor and laser-communications tech

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 3:00pm
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the eighth mission of its mysterious X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The flight will study experimental technology in orbit.
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Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 2:00pm
NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space.
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Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any explorers that might land there one day, a new study finds.
Categories: Astronomy

Saturn's largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow in breathtaking amateur portrait (photo)

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 12:02pm
Efrain Morales captured the image of Titan's shadow darkening Saturn on July 18, while the gas giant was over 800 million miles from Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 11:00am
Satellites don't stop at borders and neither should science.
Categories: Astronomy

Powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite loaded up for launch in India | Space photo of the day for July 30, 2025

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 10:00am
The satellite will scan the Earth twice every 12 days.
Categories: Astronomy