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NASA launched this spacecraft to save a satellite. Now, it needs saving too

By Brett Tingley Published 29 July 26

NASA launched the Swift Boost mission earlier this month to try and save one of its aging science observatories, but the rescue spacecraft is now experiencing control issues.

SpaceX launching secret US spy satellite early on July 30: Watch it live

By Mike Wall Published 29 July 26

SpaceX plans to launch a secret reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government early on Thursday morning (July 30), and you can watch the action live.

'The Ark' creator Dean Devlin talks season 3's enormous mystery box and sci-fi surprises (interview)

By Jeff Spry Published 29 July 26

"We went wildly over budget and just made the biggest craziest season we could possible imagine."

SpaceX Starship still floating 5 days after flight | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2026

By Brett Tingley Published 29 July 26

SpaceX continues to collect imagery of the vehicle as it floats in the Indian Ocean five days after its most recent flight test.

On this day in space! July 29, 1982: Soviet Salyut 6 space station falls to Earth

By Hanneke Weitering Published 29 July 26

On July 29, 1982, the Salyut 6 space station fell out of space and safely burned up in Earth's atmosphere along the way. Here's why it mattered.

X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree 'breath' of an ancient black hole

By Robert Lea Published 29 July 26

Astronomers have spotted the blisteringly hot exhaust fumes of the earliest quasars, intensely bright cosmic titans powered by feeding supermassive black holes.

July's full Buck Moon leads a mini planet parade through the summer sky tonight

By Anthony Wood Published 29 July 26

The July full moon rises tonight with Venus, Saturn Mercury and Mars!

NASA fuels its next-gen Roman Space Telescope for August launch

By Monisha Ravisetti Published 28 July 26

Looks like everything is on track so far for an Aug. 30 launch.

Our Milky Way galaxy appears to have flipped 90 degrees long ago. But why?

By Keith Cooper Published 28 July 26

A slowly rotating stellar halo was the clue to a major and unknown event in the Milky Way's history that saw the spiral disc flip over by more than 90 degrees.

'Silo' season 3's Ashley Zuckerman and Jessica Henwick share the secret to their on-screen chemistry (interview)

By Jeff Spry Published 28 July 26

'It's nothing we worked to generate, it was really just there from the beginning'