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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.
Categories: Astronomy

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.
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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

'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 9:00am
The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the vehicle's relocation.
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'The most sophisticated radar we've ever built': US-Indian NISAR satellite launches to track tiny changes on Earth's surface (video)

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 8:51am
The U.S. and India just launched NISAR, a powerful radar satellite that will be able to monitor changes in Earth's surface that are as small as a centimeter.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 8:00am
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made the shock discovery that giant rogue exoplanets can grow their own planetary systems without needing a parent star.
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Hubble Space Telescope spots rogue planet with a little help from Einstein: 'It was a lucky break'

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 6:00am
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary system. The discovery was possible with a little luck and some help from Einstein.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida (video)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 11:50pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris, fails on historic debut launch (video)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 8:42pm
Gilmour Space made history today (July 29), conducting the first-ever orbital launch attempt with an Australian-built rocket. That vehicle, named Eris, didn't get very far.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX moves Starship to launch pad for testing ahead of Flight 10 (photos)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 6:00pm
SpaceX has moved its Starship spacecraft to the launch pad for testing ahead of the vehicle's 10th flight, which is expected to take place next month.
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The 1st trailer for James Cameron's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' promises a stunning three-way battle for the future of Pandora (video)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 5:00pm
James Cameron's third Avatar movie is turning the rules upside down, introducing a nefarious Na'vi clan as the human invaders go all-out.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch India and NASA launch the powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite on July 30

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 4:30pm
India will launch the NISAR Earth-observing spacecraft, a joint effort of ISRO and NASA, on July 30, and you can watch the action live.
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Waterworld we live in: 30 years on from 'Waterworld', Kevin Costner's watery 'Mad Max' is better than you remember

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 4:00pm
Unfairly dismissed as a flop on release, 'Waterworld' is a spectacular example of the '90s action genre. If only they didn't give him gills…
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Biggest cosmic explosion on record since the Big Bang is revealing the secrets of gamma-ray bursts

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 3:00pm
The BOAT is the ruler of all gamma-ray bursts, releasing as much energy in seconds as the sun will in 10 billion years — and it could be revealing the secrets of these extreme cosmic blasts.
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Astronaut arteries are A-OK after living on the International Space Station, per a new study

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 2:00pm
Living in space changes the human body — but arteries seem particularly resilient to microgravity's effects.
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Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 1:00pm
A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".
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See the crescent moon shine beside blue star Spica at sunset on July 30

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00pm
Spica and the moon will appear over the southwestern horizon at sunset
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