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- July 31
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- Hubble Telescope spots a stunning spiral galaxy shining in the 'Little Lion' (image)
- Magnetic fields on the sun could solve longstanding solar heating mystery
- Can the moon help preserve Earth's endangered species?
- Moon robots could build stone walls to protect lunar bases from rocket exhaust
- Ghostly 'zodiacal light' glows above the Very Large Telescope in Chile (photo)
- 'A Quiet Place: Day One' VFX chief on the Death Angels' sensitive side (exclusive)
- We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse
- Renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe's lab is home to a centuries-old chemical mystery
- Northern lights delight as 'cannibal' solar storm triggers auroras across US and Canada (photos)
- Venus returns to the night sky as an 'Evening Star,' and its going to be brilliant
- Space-junk scout captures amazing fly-around footage of discarded rocket in orbit (video)
- No, Boeing Starliner's NASA astronauts are not stranded in space. Here's why.
- July 30
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- These inventive ideas could help Artemis astronauts make drinking water on the moon
- Google-inspired AI model improves Cape Canaveral space launch weather forecasts by 50%
- Astrophotographer peers into a cosmic 'eye' looking out into the universe
- Astronaut traveling to Titan loses his grip on reality in 1st 'Slingshot' trailer (video)
- Dark matter ghosts its way through powerful (and messy) collision of galaxy clusters
- The moon, Mars and Jupiter form a predawn triangle on July 31. Here's how to see it
- New 'Transformers One' trailer reveals the root of Optimus Prime and Megatron's rivalry (video)
- Watch an exclusive clip from the next episode of SYFY's 'The Ark' Season 2 (video)
- NASA's DART asteroid impact mission revealed ages of twin space rock targets (images)
- These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery
- 'Alien: Romulus' one-shot comic reveals dark secrets of deadly xenomorphs
- Japan's ispace will fly a tiny European-built lunar rover to the moon this year (photo)
- Rocket Lab launches private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit (video, photos)
- The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars
- July 29
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- 'It's never dumbed-down': 'Futurama' Season 12 stars Billy West and Lauren Tom on the series' lasting appeal (exclusive)
- Here's what the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris look like from space (photos)
- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds': Pike and crew go full Vulcan in first Season 3 clip (video)
- Atlas V rocket launches its final national security mission for US military (video)
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 trailer launches the crew on one last wacky mission (video)
- Park Fire rages across California in dramatic satellite video
- SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 5th test flight (photos, video)
- Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth
- Watch a colossal X-class solar flare erupt from Earth-facing sunspot (video)
- Dark matter could play 'matchmaker' for supermassive black holes
- Dead stars sometimes shine again — and gravity itself may be responsible
- Aurora alert: Strong geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights at mid-latitudes across US and Europe
- See the moon meet Mars, follow the Arc to Arcturus and keep your eyes peeled for meteors and more this week
- 'That was a really wild experience': How brand-new NASA astronaut Andre Douglas joined Artemis 2 moon mission (exclusive)
- July 28
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- First teaser trailer for 'Star Trek: Section 31' shows Michelle Yeoh as a 'lively' secret agent Emperor Georgiou (video)
- SpaceX rockets successfully launch back-to-back Starlink missions hours apart in return to flight (photos, videos)
- Sierra Space won't stop blowing up inflatable space station modules (video)
- What it takes to keep NASA's flagship Chandra observatory flying for a quarter century
- Earth's plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal
- NASA telescope may have found antimatter annihilating in possibly the biggest explosion since the Big Bang
- July 27
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 121 — An Exploding Star Near You!
- 'Double' meteor shower will light up the skies next week. Here's how to watch.
- Lego sets up 'space station' at San Diego Comic-Con, offers mission crew patch
- Earth is wobbling and days are getting longer — and humans are to blame
- World's largest telescope continues taking shape on Chilean mountain (photos)
- July 26
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- NASA astronauts hold their own Summer Olympics in space (video)
- SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission delayed until mid-August
- A moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- Sun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space (video)
- 'Wonderlab' host Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin
- SpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents
- ISS astronaut captures auroras and a meteor in stunning timelapse from space (video)
- Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe flies by Earth on Aug. 20, and it may be visible to some skywatchers
- SpaceX bounces back from Falcon 9 failure with successful Starlink launch (video)
- Astroscale's space debris removal demo mission funded for 2026 launch
- How spaceflight’s 'parastronaut program' could improve health-care practices here on Earth
- These 2 US cities are the most vulnerable to solar storms, scientists say
- Satellites are game changers for protecting coral reefs in a warming world
- How stars' magnetic fields could impact the chance for life on orbiting planets
- Former astronaut Mark Kelly on shortlist for Harris' VP pick
- SpaceX finds cause of Falcon 9 failure, eyes return to flight as soon as July 27
- July 25
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- NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
- Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery
- Discovery of 'dark oxygen' from deep-sea metal lumps could trigger rethink of origins of life
- X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster
- Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mph
- 50 days after launch to ISS, Boeing Starliner astronauts still have no landing date
- Marvel's main 'Star Wars' comic book line to progress into the New Republic era this fall
- Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line
- Watch China test-fire engine for new crewed moon rocket (video)
- Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says
- Final 'Borderlands' trailer takes us inside the legendary lost vault of Pandora (video)
- SpaceX rocket failure highlights need for multiple launch options: 'Falcon 9 is not invulnerable'
- Florida startup Star Catcher snags $12 million to help develop 1st off-Earth energy grid
- ISS scientists make headway in cancer research: 'We're NASA, we do Moonshots'
- NASA, Boeing discuss Starliner astronaut mission today: Watch the replay
- July 24
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- The key to detecting deepfakes may lie within deep space
- Yoda returns in new 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' Season 2 trailer (video)
- Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe (photo)
- Chinese astronauts simulate a debris-strike emergency on the Tiangong space station (video)
- Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds
- China's tiny 'Golden Toad' rover used AI to take an epic photo on the moon's far side (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope directly images its coldest exoplanet target yet
- Watch NASA's massive Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrive in Florida. Next stop: the moon (video, photos)
- Earth-based telescope sees Boeing's Starliner approach the ISS in broad daylight (photo)
- 'No Man's Sky' has refreshed its universe with Worlds Part 1 update (video)
- Where do the moon's weird swirls come from? Scientists are trying to find out
- 'We're pushing the limits:' Artemis 2 backup astronaut on 2025 round-the-moon mission (exclusive)
- Where to? Space: Tripadvisor publishes 1st off-Earth travel review
- July 23
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- Rapidly spinning dead stars could unveil dark matter secrets
- Happy 25th anniversary, Chandra! NASA celebrates with 25 breathtaking images from flagship X-ray observatory
- June 2024 featured record-breaking heat and billion-dollar weather disasters, NOAA says
- 21 'one-in-a-million' extreme dead stars found hiding around sun-like stars
- SpaceX makes Starlink Roam available throughout the US
- SpaceX wins $113 million contract to launch advanced NOAA climate satellite
- Alien weather report: James Webb Space Telescope detects hot, sandy wind on 2 brown dwarfs
- Scientists waited ages to find a 'missing link' black hole — then stumbled upon 2
- How NASA's Nicole Stott taught 'Space Cadet' actors what astronauts 'are really all about' (exclusive)
- SpaceX Starlink satellites made 50,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the past 6 months. What does that mean for space safety?
- Disney 'Dreams That Soar' drone show lights up sky with Star Wars, Marvel and more sci-fi favorites
- HBO's 'Wild Wild Space' provides an inside look at the private space race (review)
- See the moon and Saturn meet up in the night sky tonight
- ABL Space System's 2nd RS1 rocket destroyed during preflight testing
- Russia unveils timeline for building its new space station, starting in 2027
- July 22
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- Watch two plumes of 'dark' plasma explode from the sun and send solar storm towards Earth (video)
- Solar storm forecasts could soon get a big boost. Here's how.
- How to see Comet 13P/Olbers in the night sky this summer
- SpaceX has dreamed up a Dragon ship on steroids to drag the ISS out of space
- Europe on the moon: ESA targeting 2031 for 1st 'Argonaut' lunar lander mission
- 'A dark day for lunar science:' Scientists shocked as NASA cancels VIPER moon rover
- Who are the sisters of the Bene Gesserit in the new 'Dune: Prophecy' trailer? (video)
- Rocket Row ribbon cutting marks return of Alabama rocket center's 'spaceline'
- Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights as far south as New York
- NASA X-ray telescope 'weighs' the closest rapidly spinning dead star to Earth
- July full moon 2024: Buck Moon puts on dramatic show for skywatchers worldwide (photos)
- NASA looking at what artifacts to preserve from space station before 2030 demise
- See the moon meet Saturn, watch for shooting stars and find the Northern Crown this week
- Before plunging to its death, NASA's Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn's moon Titan
- July 21
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- Explore an Apollo-era mission gone wrong in sci-fi mystery game 'Lifeless Moon' (video)
- Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and Europa
- New 'Star Trek' novel calls back Dr. Gillian Taylor of 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'
- New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power
- How the CIA 'kidnapped' a Soviet moon probe during the space race
- July 20
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- United Nations marks Apollo 11 55th with international moon missions stamps
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 120 — Remembering Apollo 11 & Looking Ahead
- What became of the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
- Is there a 'true' story behind the fake Apollo moon landing in 'Fly Me to the Moon?'
- NASA marks moon landing anniversary by dedicating building to 'women of Apollo'
- The future of space exploration: How astronomy, space travel and the search for life may change by 2049 (video)
- 'An oasis in the desert': NASA's Curiosity rover finds pure sulfur in Martian rocks
- July 19
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- Firefly Aerospace CEO leaves company amid misconduct investigation
- 'Space can unite a troubled country in troubled times': NASA chief calls for unity 55 years after Apollo 11 moon landing
- The sun's next solar cycle has begun, 'starquakes' suggest
- Polaris Dawn crew shows off new SpaceX spacesuits for 1st private spacewalk (photos)
- NASA delays ISS spacewalks indefinitely to investigate spacesuit coolant leak
- A high-speed particle struck the Gaia space telescope — but Gaia came back stronger than ever
- How to make a comet
- All about rockets
- How to recreate a solar eclipse
- Whip up a moon-like crater
- Inflatable planetarium — Stories in the sky
- Learn about Space with these awesome NASA education videos
- NASA just beamed a Missy Elliott song to Venus
- Study finds black holes made from light are impossible — challenging Einstein's theory of relativity
- 1st stratospheric skydive by a woman delayed to 2026, Hera Rising says
- In a way, Space.com and the dark universe grew up together
- May solar superstorm caused largest 'mass migration' of satellites in history
- Lou Dobbs, Space.com founder, former CNN and Fox host, dies at 78
- Astronauts could ditch diapers on spacewalks thanks to new device that lets them drink their pee
- Where will we be in space in 2049? A look at spaceflight over the next 25 years
- Virgin Galactic completes new Delta space plane manufacturing facility in Arizona
- July 18
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- Scientists say they can now forecast El Niño Southern Oscillation years in advance
- New 'Terminator Zero' trailer delivers a heroic dose of Skynet scares (video)
- 'There's something in the water!' Shocking final 'Alien: Romulus' trailer goes for the gore (video)
- Little Mars 'snowman' spotted by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo)
- NASA wants fresh ideas for recycling garbage on the moon
- Loneliness is a dish best served in space: Why food may taste weird to astronauts
- SpaceX launches to ISS are under independent NASA review after rare Falcon 9 rocket failure
- Snazzy spacesuit! Artemis 2 moon mission backup astronaut Andre Douglas tries on his lunar duds (photos)
- How astronomers work out the size of our solar system
- Supermassive black holes provide 'hearts and lungs' that help galaxies live longer
- Looking ahead to the next 25 years of private space stations
- Full Buck Moon shines this weekend on Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary
- Strange 'garden sprinkler' jets are erupting from a dead vampire star
- The greatest astronomical discoveries of the past 25 years
- July 17
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- 'The Ark' season 2 is 'love letter' to optimistic classic sci-fi, creators say (exclusive)
- NASA cancels $450 million VIPER moon rover due to budget concerns
- 25 things to admire in the night sky that aren't just the moon and stars
- ISS could 'drift down' for a year before SpaceX vehicle destroys it in Earth's atmosphere
- 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' episode 8: How open-ended is the conclusion?
- The James Webb Space Telescope is studying an exoplanet's eternal day — and eternal night
- These durable Celestron Nature DX 12x56 binoculars have dipped below $200 at Amazon
- These are the cheapest binocular deals you can buy on the last day of Prime Day
- Newly discovered cave on the moon could house future lunar astronauts
- Rare 'daytime fireball' spotted as meteor falls to Earth over New York City (video)
- Elon Musk says he'll move SpaceX headquarters to Texas over new California LGBTQ+ law
- You won't find better than these Prime Day drone deals
- Win a bundle of digital bookazines worth over $100 with our anniversary birthday cake hunt
- Streaming deals on Prime Day's final day: add to Prime Video for 99 cents
- Exoplanet with weird orbit is transforming into a hot Jupiter before our eyes
- These are the top Prime Day telescope deals I wish I was buying today
- SpaceX wants to resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while FAA completes investigation
- How the Rubin observatory could detect thousands of 'failed stars'
- Explore the skies with the DJI Mini 4K camera drone, up to $90 off for Prime Day
- Prime Day VR deal: Final day! Save $400 on the HTC VIVE Pro 2
- In the last 25 years, black hole physicists have uncovered the unimaginable
- One of the best beginner camera drones is discounted by 30% right now
- Sleep beneath the stars with 30% off this BlissLights Sky Lite Evolve star projector
- Our reviewer's favorite camera is $400 less at Adorama this Prime Day
- Rare SpaceX rocket failure shows exactly why NASA wants 2 commercial options to fly astronauts to ISS
- July 16
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- Discover the heavens for less: Save $450 on this five-star telescope at Adorama
- Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics, study suggests
- Prime Day Lego Star Wars deal: Hurry for 30% off Luke's X-Wing fighter
- The Pococo Galaxy Star Projector has had a 44% Prime Day price drop
- NASA rolls giant Artemis 2 moon rocket core off the factory floor for astronaut mission (video)
- With its latest moon mission success, China's space program has the US in its sights
- Road trip! Tour the universe with these gorgeous images from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope
- This nerve-rattling 'Alien: Romulus' trailer reminds us that 'fear is bigger in IMAX' (video)
- Sun blasts out 2nd X-class flare this week, triggers more radio blackouts (video)
- A new, deadly era of space junk is dawning, and no one is ready
- Save $99 on this Holy Stone HS720 drone with every accessory you could need
- Step into VR with this amazing Meta Quest 3 headset, $70 off for Prime Day
- Last day of Prime Day! Celestron NexStar 6SE is still $120 cheaper
- Doctor Who 'Empire of Death': Why is Ruby Sunday so important?
- Hurry, deal still live! Save over $300 in this Amazon Prime Day DJI drone deal
- Omega, Tang and Fruit of the Loom: The real and fake ads in 'Fly Me to the Moon'
- Anti-Amazon? Head to Best Buy for a $700 saving on the Unistellar Odyssey
- Snap up this Lego Marvel Nano Gauntlet building set, 30% off for Prime Day
- How the last 25 years led to the rise of mega-telescopes
- Prime Day telescope deal even cheaper: $400 off the Celestron NexStar 8SE
- Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029, and this European satellite will be along for the ride
- Last chance: Save over $100 on these Vortex Crossfire HD 10x50 binoculars
- SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy Starship booster ahead of 5th flight (video)
- This awesome Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon set is $34 off this Prime Day
- 25 years of exoplanet hunting hasn't revealed Earth 2.0 — but is that what we're looking for?
- July 15
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- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket failure forces NASA to evaluate astronaut launch schedule for ISS
- 'What exactly is a planet?' Astronomers want to amend the definition
- A comet predicted to light up the sky in 2024 may already be doomed
- Drone racing is helping train AI to autonomously drive spacecraft
- 'Meatball' milestone: NASA's original logo still soars after 65 years
- Save $30 on this magnificent Lego Ideas Tales of the Space Age lo-fi sci-fi set
- Scarlett Johansson serves up Apollo-era nostalgia in 'Fly Me to the Moon' (review)
- I recommend one of my favorite star projectors now 30% off and under $20
- 25 years of Space.com: Space exploration and astronomy in the 21st century (special report)
- Save up to 50% with these Prime Day streaming deals
- Save over $50 on the Nikon Prostaff P3 10x42 — the lowest price since Black Friday.
- SpaceX, the rise of China and more: How spaceflight has changed since 1999
- Cosmic curiosity is climbing, thanks to social media
- Thank you for 25 amazing years of Space.com: A letter from the editor
- The spaceships of the 'Star Wars' High Republic era
- Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare triggering radio blackouts over Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan (video)
- Can the James Webb Space Telescope see galaxies over the universe's horizon?
- Prime Day beginner telescope deal extended: Save $80 on this Celestron Inspire 100AZ refractor telescope
- See Mars and Uranus make a close approach in the night sky tonight
- This viral Prime Day drone deal saves almost $100 off the DJI Mini 3 Fly More Combo
- Nearly over! Prime Day camera deal last day: Canon EOS R5 is still $1000 off
- Evidence of water found in atmosphere of mysterious 'metal god of war' exoplanet
- Is the James Webb Space Telescope really 'breaking' cosmology?
- July 14
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- Scientists call the region of space influenced by the sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don't know much about its shape
- Look up! See the Perseid meteor shower, Full Thunder Moon and more this week
- Why is Earth's weather getting weirder?
- Everything We Know About 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'
- The values of family in space (op-ed)
- July 13
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- 'The Last Starfighter' at 40: Director Nick Castle on making his sci-fi fantasy classic (exclusive)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 119 — Junkyard in Space
- Chinese company iSpace suffers 4th launch failure in 7 tries
- Is the universe still making new galaxies?
- US military project aims to prevent hackers targeting satellites and recognizes rising threat of cyberattacks in space
- July 12
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- Live Today! Join Space.com's 25th Anniversary Virtual Panel: The Next 25 Years of Space Exploration - To the Moon, Mars and Beyond
- Hurricane Beryl sets multiple records as 1st major storm of 2024 Atlantic season (video)
- Hubble Telescope tracks a dwarf galaxy's stars to map out dark matter
- NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter's radiation
- FAA investigating SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket failure
- Galactic penguin honors the 2nd anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope's 1st images
- Space Force launching lasers in 2025 to help pinpoint the center of Earth
- 'Fly Me to the Moon' director on faking the real and fake moon landing (interview)
- 'The last 12 months have broken records like never before': Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year
- Watch the moon cover up the blue giant star Spica on July 13
- 'Dark comets' may have given Earth its water long ago
- Astronomers could use a synthetic cosmos to unravel dark matter mysteries
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffers failure during Starlink satellite launch (video)
- July 11
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- Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs the ISS for a fiery re-entry in Earth's atmosphere
- How, when and where to see 2024's second 'Manhattanhenge' this week
- 'A Quiet Place's' alien monsters explained
- Huge earthquake 2,500 years ago rerouted the Ganges River, study suggests
- 'Drawn to our planet:' How spaceflight changed SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut Chris Sembroski
- Cosmic crime scene reveals ancient supernova aftermath of dead star merger
- Perseid meteor shower returns to our skies this month to kick off summer 'shooting star' season
- 1st images from European climate satellite reveal how energy cycles to and from Earth
- Private space-junk probe gets up-close look at discarded rocket in orbit (photo)
- Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91
- China plans to deflect an asteroid by 2030 to showcase Earth protection skills
- When will Starliner come home? Boeing and NASA still don't know
- July 10
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- New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years
- Solar maximum is in sight but when will it arrive (and when will we know)?
- Hear the real stories behind the private space race in new documentary 'Wild Wild Space' (video)
- SpaceX launches direct-to-cell Starlink satellites from California after delay (video)
- 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' episode 7: What's a vergence in the Force?
- University of Maryland wins world's largest college rocketry competition
- Hubble Space Telescope finds closest massive black hole to Earth — a cosmic clue frozen in time
- 3D printer successfully makes little space shuttle models in microgravity
- SpaceX rolls Starship Super Heavy booster to launch pad ahead of 5th test flight (video, photos)
- Europe's Mars sample return orbiter moving ahead despite NASA budget uncertainty
- SpaceX rivals challenge Starship launch license in Florida over environmental, safety concerns
- July 9
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- 'Futurama' Season 12 trailer teases fresh new interplanetary antics (video)
- Saharan dust outbreak lingers across some US states this week
- Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launches on long-awaited debut mission (video)
- The James Webb Space Telescope finds a jeweled ring in the cosmos
- 'Traffic jams' around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts
- New 'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead' story trailer will leave you speechless (video)
- NOAA's upcoming GeoXO satellites could be 'weather-monitoring platform of the future'
- James Webb Space Telescope sees an ancient black hole dance with colliding galaxies
- SpaceX Starship landings could contaminate water ice on the moon
- Are there more solar flares than expected during this solar cycle?
- How to watch 1st launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket today (video)
- July 8
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- Quasars are 'cosmic signposts' pointing to rare supermassive black hole pairs
- Watch a supermassive black hole trap a 'fluffy' disk in this simulation
- Astronomers measure 'warp speed' of Milky Way galaxy
- James Webb Space Telescope suggests this exoplanet is our 'best bet' at finding an alien ocean
- SpaceX launches Türkiye's 1st homegrown communications satellite to orbit (video)
- Hurricane Beryl makes landfall as Category 1 hurricane along eastern Texas (video)
- 'Star Trek' legend Jonathan Frakes to direct new series, 'Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime'
- Extreme 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet stinks like rotten eggs and has raging glass storms
- Weird physics at the edges of black holes may help resolve lingering 'Hubble trouble'
- After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down
- 'This is how we get to Mach 3:' Virgin Galactic's Jameel Janjua on his long journey to space (exclusive)
- Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launching for 1st time ever today
- July 7
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- Space radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays
- Astrophotographer captures stunningly detailed photos of our 'fuzzy' sun
- Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach
- Chasing the midnight sun along Norway's arctic coastline
- July 6
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- SpaceX's Starship to fly again 'in 4 weeks,' Elon Musk says
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 118 — Understanding the Darkness
- NASA's 1st year-long mock Mars mission wraps up in Houston
- 'Space Cadet' is a silly sendup of NASA's serious astronaut training program (review)
- The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens
- Earth has 7 strange quasi-moons — and you could name one of them
- Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency
- July 5
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- SpaceX teases catching Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' on upcoming Starship test flight (video)
- 2 asteroids just zipped by Earth, and NASA caught footage of the action
- Chinese astronauts install space-junk shielding on Tiangong space station (video)
- The early solar system was donut-shaped, meteorite study suggests
- 'No fireworks on ISS,' so astronauts experiment with 'light painting' instead (photos)
- Watch the 1st teaser trailer for new horror game 'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead'
- New moon of July 2024: Dark skies tonight as Earth is farthest from the sun today
- Mars orbiter captures Red Planet scar that's longer than the Grand Canyon (image)
- Rare 'polar rain' aurora seen from Earth for the first time
- 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' episode 6: Who's the Stranger's old master?
- 4th of July camera deal still running: Save $800 on the Nikon D850 DSLR
- New teasers for 'Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2' promise death to the Tyranids
- Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis
- Rapidly spinning 'extreme' neutron star discovered by US Navy research intern
- NASA's vision of a moon-orbiting space station comes to life in new 3D video
- July 4
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- Scientists tap into 2 new quantum methods to catch dark matter suspects
- Boiling rocks from Earth's crust tore an ocean into Mongolia 410 million years ago
- Science and music festival Starmus 2025 will return to the Canary Islands
- 10 tips for planning your 2026 solar eclipse trip
- Save $120 this July 4 on the DJI Mini 3 fly more combo
- 'Space Cadet' applies humor to NASA astronaut selection, says film director (interview)
- NASA astronauts send Fourth of July message to Earth from ISS (video)
- Happy 4th of July! Infant star creates red, white and blue fireworks in new JWST image
- July 3
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- Streaks in space! ISS astronaut's incredible timelapse photos highlight ghostly solar panels and lovely star trails
- SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission
- How 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' created a fresh new look for the Jedi (exclusive interview)
- Under the moon's surface, magnetized lava may create 'lunar swirls'
- SpaceX to launch NASA gamma-ray space telescope in 2027
- 'It's heart-forward:' Q&A with 'Star Trek: Prodigy' creators about Season 2 (exclusive)
- Astronaut ice cream turns 50: freeze-dried treat still popular (even if it never flew)
- NASA announces Artemis 2 moon mission backup astronaut — Andre Douglas will support 2025 lunar liftoff
- Earth's upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints
- We could terraform Mars with desert moss — but does that mean we should?
- Mystery of dead stars' glitching 'heartbeats' could have a twisted solution
- China launches communications satellite on 30th mission of the year (video)
- China's Shenzhou 18 astronauts prep for 2nd spacewalk (video)
- July 2
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- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3 after delay (video)
- Scientists finally found 2 of the Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies. What could this mean for astronomy?
- Boeing's Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says
- Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for fallen Challenger commander
- 'Great Food Truck Race' blasts off on 17th season with stop at NASA
- Former cryptocurrency company plans reality TV competition to pick next Blue Origin spaceflight crew
- Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
- Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' in this animation
- Get an up-close look at China's Chang'e 6 farside moon rover (video)
- Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline
- Lego-inspired 'space bricks' could help scientists design moon habitats. Here's how
- If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect it
- July 1
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- Satellites watch 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)
- Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test
- Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these 'tiny red dots' (image)
- Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm
- Firefly Aerospace launches 8 cubesats to orbit on 5th-ever launch (video)
- Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now
- Astrophotographer captures extraordinary footage of the ISS flying in front of the sun
- This mysterious ancient computer has a 'calendar ring' that followed the lunar year
