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

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:00am
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'

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.
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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.
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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).
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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."
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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.'

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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