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You don't have to stay at home to enjoy great games. Game on the go with the best space and sci-fi games on the Nintendo Switch.
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SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with one of its Super Heavy boosters today (June 6), part of the prep work for the next test flight of the Starship megarocket.
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On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.
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A historic dust storm hit Chicago last month, and a weather satellite gave us a bird's-eye view of the dramatic event.
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Don't miss the 2025 full "Strawberry Moon" when it rises above the southeastern horizon on June 10.
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The coverage offered by the Fliti Galaxy Projector is incredible, but it doesn’t have the best build quality.
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The lagoon nebulas were observed under the near-pristine dark skies of northern Arizona.
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During the latter part of June, Mars will put on a couple of eye-catching shows, teaming up first with a bright star and then, late this month, with the moon.
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Space visionaries, scientists, entrepreneurs and students from around the world are set to gather in Florida next week for this year's International Space Development Conference.
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Director James Gunn goes for the gusto when his superhero sensation arrives on July 11 in theaters and IMAX
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Less than a day after its last batch reached low Earth orbit, SpaceX again added to its Starlink megaconstellation on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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Disney Plus is 60% off ahead of Father's Day, which means you can stream all the Star Wars and Marvel content available for just £1.99 a month.
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A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of exoplanets, all through the invisible pull of gravity.
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At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.
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Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is buffeted by turbulent space weather.
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The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.
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Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.
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SpaceX sent 26 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Thursday (June 12), on the 500th overall completed mission for the company's Falcon family of rockets.
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Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.
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Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a key role in the planet's energy balance.
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One of the coolest designs of any star projector we've seen, we think the Dinosaur Egg Galaxy Star Projector is amongst the best options for kids.
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The time-lapse footage was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim.
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Big franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'The Fantastic Four' are joined by exciting original works. These are the sci-fi comics we can't wait for in 2025.
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The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is our telescope experts' pick as the best overall smart telescope, and is now $420 off for Father's Day.
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At least three ESA space missions are under threat as a result of Trump's budget cuts. The gravitational wave observatory LISA, Venus orbiter EnVision, and NewAthena may require "recovery actions."
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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Supermassive black holes that seem too large to exist in the early universe may have grown from primordial black holes formed in the first second after the Big Bang.
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The surprise display was captured on June 9 by aurora chaser Harlan Thomas.
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You can now watch the award-winning documentary "SALLY" about the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, on Disney+ and Hulu.
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China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.
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Paramount announced that the show's five-season mission is coming to an end last week with a heartfelt 'thank you' from the showrunners.
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A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.
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Astronomers have used the ALMA radio telescope to investigate how planets grow in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust around young stars.
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Watch the stunning Mars and Regulus conjunction today with this free livestream
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Get ready for a new Roman Empire: A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter.
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Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.
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Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million light-year-wide envelope of charged particles.
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The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon."
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 16, 2025.
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Leaks aboard the International Space Station, as well as on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, delayed Axiom's next private astronaut mission, but the crew now has a target launch date of June 19.
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There's a good reason the Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet has been around since 2021: Few sets are as striking as this.
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Part of the closest star-forming region to us, known as the Chamaeleon Complex, has been illuminated by the light of young stars in this artwork by nature captured by the Dark Energy Camera.
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The Fujifilm X-T50, with its powerful 40.2-MP sensor and excellent creative functionality, is a great beginner camera for astrophotography.
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The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled.
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Send your birthday love to Planet Bob as we reminisce about this spirited post-apocalyptic gem.
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This no-name galaxy projector has blown us away with its projection quality and interchangeable disks.
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The beloved 'oldies and aliens' blockbuster is a movie out of sync with Hollywood norms.
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Miami-based multimedia superstar Natasha Tsakos discusses this historic fall flight aboard Zero-G's 'G-Force One' aircraft.
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On Episode 166 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik broadcast live from the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference in Orlando.
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Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from experts.
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The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our place within the multiverse.
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The Pleiades, a crescent moon and Venus — what more could an astrophotographer want?
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the Tokyo-based company ispace.
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'Elio' isn't the legendary animation studio's first adventure on the final frontier. Here's every Pixar movie and short that explores space.
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Astronomers have taken an unprecedentedly detailed look at the tendrils and filaments that wrap around supermassive black hole-dominated galaxies of Abell 2255.
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The Rubin Observatory will reveal its first images on Monday. Space.com spoke to scientists who explained why this will be a monumental event for astronomy.
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The Unistellar Father's Day sale ends in two days — grab the Odyssey Pro with $675 off
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The giant explosion that destroyed a SpaceX Starship vehicle on the test stand this week was likely caused by the failure of a pressurized nitrogen tank, the company said.
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An ongoing leak aboard the International Space Station is once again delaying the launch of Axiom Space's next private astronaut mission.
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Seen in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" the Acclamator-Class Lego set comes packed with authentic detail, has 450 pieces, and is part of a collectible Star Wars series.
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Its name might be a bit of a mouthful, but this Lego Star Wars ship is wonderfully pocket-sized while still packing in a lot of detail.
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The 2025 summer solstice takes place on June 20, heralding the onset of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year.
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Researchers created a satellite tracking system to track satellite streaks across the Arctic for the first time ever.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch six people to suborbital space on the NS-33 mission today (June 22) after a one-day weather delay.
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The moon is a key step in the journey of space exploration, but making it habitable brings up lots of questions around space law and policy
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SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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After more than 24 hours on orbit, the the private astronaut crew of Axiom-4 will catch up to the International Space Station to dock for their two-week mission.
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Our exclusive offer is top value for NordVPN ahead of Amazon Prime Day with up to 76% off, a free Amazon voucher and a bonus four months free.
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The four astronauts of the private Ax-4 mission to the ISS represent four different countries, so the food they're carrying up has a very international flavor.
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Humanity will soon take another step toward establishing an off-Earth economy, if all goes according to plan for the Florida-based shoe company Syntilay.
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With exactly a month to go until the release of Fantastic Four: First Steps, the final trailer reveals more Galactus, more Franklin, but no Clobberin' Time... yet.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, TWA 7b which is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.
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A mysterious and powerful blast of radio waves detected last year, suspected to originate far beyond the Milky Way came from a long-dead NASA spacecraft in Earth's orbit.
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The culprit was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the Transporter-14 satellite rideshare mission.
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The Hubble Space Telescope captures the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 in the constellation Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs).
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The last Dragon spacecraft that SpaceX plans to build entered orbit for the first time with "grace." Reaching space on the new capsule, Ax-4 commander Peggy Whitson revealed the spacecraft's name.
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June's new moon leaves the sky dark for skywatchers to see Mercury next to our lunar companion on June 27.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Ax-4 mission for Axiom Space today (June 25), sending four private astronauts on a two-week mission to the ISS.
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Miguel Claro captured the Orion Constellation glowing red due to hydrogen gas, as seen from the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Portugal.
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Japanese company ispace lost its Resilience lunar lander this month due to laser range finder errors, the company said.
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Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems that are "just right."
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On June 26, you'll have an opportunity to behold the sight of a slender waxing crescent moon positioned just to the right of Mercury.
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The world's largest digital camera focuses on the Virgo Cluster, showing never-before-seen detail in our universe
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Short on time and looking to get ready for Metroid Prime 4 later this year? We've ranked all the Metroid games so you can focus on the must-plays.
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Auroras may be visible from Alaska to South Dakota as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere shakes up geomagnetic activity in the coming days.
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Spielberg's contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he could have nailed the ending.
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Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.
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The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.
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Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life
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"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."
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George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 — so what happened?
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On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.
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The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious
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The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.
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The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
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Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.
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Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets lifted off with Starlink satellites on June 28, 2025. The first launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida and the second from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.
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Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.
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One of the most overlooked sequels in Capcom's history, Lost Planet 2 walked so games like Helldivers 2 and Space Marine 2 could run.
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For some lucky viewers, the moon will pass directly in front of Mars.
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A solid rocket engine for NASA's Space Launch System rocket experienced an anomaly during a static fire test at the booster's Northrop Grumman facilities June 26.
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Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.
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The meteor shower radiant can be found in the constellation Bootes.
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NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim and Anne McClain marked Independence Day with a few heartfelt words for their compatriots here on Earth.
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If you're looking for early Amazon Prime Day model rocket deals, then getting 20% off this Estes two-in-one set could be what you're looking for.
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If you want to become a Jedi, a Sith, or a bounty hunter without muchhassle, check out the best Star Wars costumes you can buy right now.
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Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this transformation, they may vomit out more stellar material than we knew.
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With Superman on its way, we take a look at director James Gunn's incredible slate of sci-fi movies to date.
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Want to make the most of your Fujifilm camera? We've rounded up the best Fujifilm lenses, now with expected savings on Amazon Prime Day this July 8.
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Spica is a binary star system that orbits over 250 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way.
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These are the best Fujifilm cameras from beginner to professional grade, with some models potentially falling in price on Amazon Prime Day from July 8 to 11.
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Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields
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The International Space Station and China's Tiangong Space Station will be visible for early risers. Here's how to make a dual sighting.
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Both novas will eventually become too dim to see, even under the darkest skies. So catch them while you can!
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With the aid of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered an erupting cataclysmic variable star in a rarely seen evolutionary stage.
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Save $200 on the best telescope for viewing the planets — the Celestron NexStar 8SE has a huge discount this Prime Day
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The Zefiro-9 was hoisted in preparation for the Vega-C flight VV27.
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A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station this afternoon (July 3), hauling several tons of cargo to the orbiting lab.
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These are our picks of the best space tech deals you can get ahead of Fourth of July and Amazon Prime Day with offers on telescopes, star projectors and more.
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3I/ATLAS is the third-ever interstellar object discovered.
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Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.?
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The rocky world will be visible for a brief window after sunset.
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"…are we potentially the last generation that will see the night's sky in its entirety?"
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Canadian company NordSpace hopes to be the first in the country's history to launch an orbital rocket from Canadian soil. They've got the support of ProtoSpace, a specialized aerospace manufacturing provider hoping to support Canada's budding space industry.
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The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using rockets to rapidly deliver cargo anywhere on Earth.
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These are our picks of the best Amazon Prime Day star projector deals as the annual sales event kicks off on July 8.
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Brown dwarfs, also known as "failed stars," could be corrupted by dark matter and transformed into "dark dwarfs" powered by the universe's strangest stuff.
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As James Gunn's Superman (2025) races into cinemas faster than a speeding bullet, we look at the planet that could have hosted his home world and why he might be older than he looks.
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A Paramount Plus Premium subscription is now 13 times cheaper directly from Paramount, compared to Amazon, so don't wait around for Prime Day.
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How Species' lofty science-fiction ideas were consumed by its monster instincts.
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Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have revealed the internal structure of the first galaxies in the universe, hinting at how our cosmos took shape.
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The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view.
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The Canon EOS R7 is currently priced under $1300. Save over $200 ahead of Prime Day.
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Want more money in your pocket? Rely on us to seek the deals out for you — our expert team can save you hundreds of dollars.
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On April 20th, NASA's Lucy was in the sky, not with diamonds, but with an asteroid.
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Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time finding it.
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July’s full 'Buck Moon' rises close to aphelion, making it the furthest full moon from the sun in 2025.
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In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that an era of autonomous space exploration may be closer than we think.
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How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here are all of your questions answered.
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Tissue samples sent to the International Space Station reveal what can happen to astronauts on long-term missions.
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A collection of more than 50 pieces of memorabilia previously owned by Sally Ride, the first American woman to reach space, sold at auction last week for more than $145,000.
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Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface.
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In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.
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Landspace aims to debut its stainless steel Zhuque-3 rocket later this year, marking a bold step forward for China's commercial launch sector.
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The end of Prime Day is in sight — savings won't last for long on these top Canon and Sony cameras.
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Prime Day is brilliant, but the best savings aren't always at Amazon. Walmart has beaten the online giant's price for this Sony A7R IV camera, by over $200, but it could be ending soon!
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The Mule makes a murderous entrance in today's premiere episode, 'A Song For the End of Everything'.
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The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their second of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.
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Prime Day finished on July 11 and there are still some late savings on telescopes and binoculars, but they won't last forever.
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Astrophotographer Philippe Tosi captured explosive Ellerman bombs on the sun's surface as an active sunspot turned toward Earth.
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The Sony A7R V mirrorless camera plunges to just $3200 at Walmart, a staggering $1000 saving that eclipses Amazon's Prime Day price!
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As the newest Superman film hits theaters, we cast our X-ray vision back on every live-action incarnation of the Fortress of Solitude, from its 1978 debut to its 2025 return.
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"July Manhattanhenge is what I call the goodbye to the grid."
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It's the last day of Amazon Prime Day and some of these deals are ending tonight. Grab some new optics in time to see Saturn's rings!
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We tested the YGiTK Northern Galaxy Lights Projector and loved its multifunctionality and near-silent operation — today's your last chance to save 26%.
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire private astronaut who until recently was on track to lead NASA, is donating $15 million to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for its Space Camp programs.
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Earth may be safe from an impact by the asteroid 2024 YR4, but it still has a chance of striking the moon. This lunar impact could pose a risk to space tech and astronauts.
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You can save a massive $165 on the DJI Air 3, one of the best camera drones, which we think is the perfect balance of power and portability.
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The Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon set is a faithful reproduction of the most legendary Star Wars starship; you'll have to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs to grab one, though.
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If NASA must pull back, Europe is ready to step up — and do so with open arms.
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The test encountered an anomaly.
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The United States Space Force is undertaking its largest training exercise ever, in order to demonstrate that it is "prepared to fight and win in space."
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It's the final day of Prime Day and the Perseid meteor shower starts shortly, so now is the perfect time to save big on the Apple AirTag.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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'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.
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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.
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Apple TV's excellent adaptation of Martha Wells’s witty sci-fi novels scores another mission as Murderbot is renewed for season 2.
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Four mountaineers and astronomy lovers hiked the tallest peak in Western Europe.
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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.
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These Prime Day deals on telescopes, binoculars, cameras, Lego, model rockets and drones are still live on Amazon right now.
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Our exclusive NordVPN deal gives you complete online security and convenience for a 79% discount, four free bonus months and a $50 Amazon voucher.
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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 will soon be auctioned off in NYC, and could sell for at least $2 million.
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"It remains possible that there are other unseen planets in the system. The challenge is finding them!"
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The four astronauts of Axiom Space's latest private mission have safely returned to Earth after more that two weeks aboard the International Space Station.
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A Long March 7 rocket lifted off this evening (July 14), sending China's Tianzhou 9 cargo spacecraft toward the Tiangong space station.
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Astronomers have discovered that vampire white dwarfs that feast on victim companion stars have assistance in acquiring prey in the form of lurking third stars.
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Join two of the brightest stars in Apple TV's sci-fi saga based on Isaac Asimov's sci-fi trilogy.
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Since then, a multitude of spacecraft have rocketed Marsward from a variety of nations.
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NASA has released remarkable video captured during the Parker Solar Probe's record-breaking 2024 flyby, offering the closest views of the sun ever recorded.
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Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts... oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these explosions and many more powerful and violent cosmic events.
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The moon's crescent limb will cloak and uncover stars from the iconic cluster before sunrise.
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On Episode 169 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by JPL Chief Engineer Emeritus Rob Manning to look back at the Mariner 4 Mars mission 60 years later.
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From "Star Wars" film sets to baboons in Saudi Arabia, here's how to experience the "eclipse of the century" in style on Aug. 2, 2027.
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Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket now has a payload for its second-ever flight —NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission.
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The new TRACERS mission will track magnetic reconnection that drives particles down into Earth's atmosphere when space weather turns bad.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice giant Neptune.
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Two teams of astronomers have simultaneously discovered a strange, spinning dead star that seems to defy our current understanding of both neutron stars and white dwarfs.
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The Southern Delta Aquariids are active alongside the trusty Perseid meteor shower.
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'I'm trying to make it as realistic as possible, so that a modern day Scottish person could see themselves in space one day.'
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"The mountaineer defies gravity; the astronomer looks up. Both seek to reach the unreachable."
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The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews wrapped up their time together as science and maintenance activities continued aboard the International Space Station.
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A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River that runs through the national park.
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Baumgartner is most well-known for breaking the sound barrier with his body during a freefall from the stratosphere in 2012.
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Rise and shine! Venus, Aldebaran and the moon team up for a dazzling dawn display.
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Hulu released a new trailer for "Alien: Earth," a new sci-fi horror miniseries from "Fargo" creator Noah Hawley that premieres on Aug. 12.
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As astronomers rush to study a newly discovered comet from beyond our solar system, a powerful new observatory may turn rare interstellar sightings into routine events.
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We've tested numerous star projectors and one of the best value options, the YGiTK Northern Galaxy Lights projector, is 26% off on Amazon, now under $14.
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Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.
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A catalog of over 2,000 exploding white dwarf vampire stars, the largest ever gathered, has provided further evidence that dark energy is weakening.
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Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, designed to study weather here on Earth, have also been quietly collecting valuable data on Venus for nearly a decade, scientists recently discovered.
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Purdue University's new Neil Armstrong Space Prize, named for the school's most famous astronaut-alum, will honor achievements in "space discovery, innovation and human achievement."
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The Tianzhou 9 freighter arrived at China's Tiangong space station last week, packed with supplies. Watch its arrival in this video.
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A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide on Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being solved.
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The head of the Trump administration's Golden Dome program says the technologies needed to create such an ambitious space-based missile defense system already exist.
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Scientists have examined the interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS, finding evidence that it is packed with water that could be older than the solar system.
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A Space.com obituary for the ‘Prince of Darkness' Ozzy Osbourne.
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The 2024 YR4 asteroid may come close to Earth, but how do experts calculate this potential impact?
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Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.
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A death-defying star survived destruction by a ravenous supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event, and came back to let the cosmic titan take another bite!
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The Atacama Desert in Chile recently received some snowfall, causing issues for the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope.
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NISAR, a joint mission of NASA and ISRO set to launch on July 30, will be able to see shifts in the landscape smaller than a centimeter to give warning of potential natural disasters.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two of SES's O3b mPOWER communications satellites toward medium-Earth orbit today (July 22), then aced its landing on a ship at sea.
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Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way.
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The thin crescent moon and Jupiter will be visible to the naked eye for early risers on July 23.
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'A malfunctioning program who wants to live. Why is that?'
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Miguel Claro took one last look at Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas as it bid farewell to Earth for the next 80,000 years.
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Solar expert Dr. Ryan French explains how to safely photograph the sun and all of its wondrous features!
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Makenzie Lystrup will step down as head of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Aug. 1. She'll be the second NASA center director to depart in just a two-month span.
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Ultimately, we do not understand where glitches come from or exactly what's going on inside pulsars.
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The cast of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" has to cover a wide range of dramatic genres, aided in part by the show's ample stockpile of wigs.
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A new behind-the-scenes featurette from Hulu's upcoming 'Alien: Earth' show why the series will be pure nightmare fuel.
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The European company Eos X Space has acquired Space Perspective, one of its key rivals in the nascent field of stratospheric balloon tourism.
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Satellite data allows meteorologists to keep track of the location, structure and intensity of severe weather, helping to keep people safe. Now they're losing access to these satellites.
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Mars will be less than four degrees from the crescent moon around sunset on July 28.
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After an early morning launch from Florida, SpaceX sent another 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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The NASA, JAXA and Roscosmos crew members set to launch next to the International Space Station arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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On Episode 170 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Robert O'Brien to discuss powering spacecraft by radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs).
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink internet broadband satellites launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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'Foundation' Season 3 stars Jared Harris & Lou Llobell discuss the upcoming season of Apple TV+'s adaptation of Isaac Asimov's science fiction epic.
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Scientists working to study black holes use specific radio frequencies to track black holes, the same frequencies often used by phones and wifi.
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The bright star Regulus will appear close to the waxing crescent moon at sunset on July 26
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Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have chosen to accept the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" option, reducing the agency's workforce by more than 20%.
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Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it actually work?
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The Crew Dragon capsule that will fly SpaceX's Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS for NASA has arrived at Kennedy Space Center ahead of its planned July 31 launch.
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A Vega C rocket launched the MicroCarb carbon dioxide mapper and four Earth-observation satellites tonight (July 25) from South America.
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The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, potentially revealing a way of finding more of them in the future.
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The four members of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission on the Expedition 73 crew began packing for home, while also calling down to Earth to share their ongoing work aboard the ISS.
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Unlike other superhero superstars, the Fanastic Four have traditionally struggled with the transition to the big screen.
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High-speed winds on exoplanet WASP-17b may align quartz crystals in its atmosphere and create dazzling light effects like "sun dogs."
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SpaceX performed a single-engine "static fire" trial with its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday (July 31), to help prep the vehicle for an upcoming test flight.
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New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?
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A new version of the famous double-slit experiment showed that it's impossible to measure light as both a wave and a particle at the same time, thanks to quantum physics' uncertainty principle.
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Complex organic molecules that could be the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it have been discovered in a disk of gas and dust swirling around an infant star.
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