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Venus reaches its highest point in the eastern predawn sky on Aug. 1: Here's how to see it
Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1.
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ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025
A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star
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Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is Star Trek's real interstellar ladies' man
Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but "Strange New Worlds" has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan's surprisingly complicated love life
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New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash
Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.
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Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability'
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.
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Watch SpaceX launch Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA today after delay
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.
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SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 31
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).
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JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun
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
From rocketships and exoplanets, to FTL and black holes, there's something for every space fan in Marvel's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps."
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Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'
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.
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US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane launching Aug. 21 to test quantum sensor and laser-communications tech
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
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
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.
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Saturn's largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow in breathtaking amateur portrait (photo)
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.
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Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission
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
The satellite will scan the Earth twice every 12 days.
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'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston
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)
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.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star
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'
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.
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