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Tuesday, Jul 2

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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3

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SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3).

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Scientists finally found 2 of the Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies. What could this mean for astronomy?

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Astronomers have found two of the Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies, a step toward earning a better understanding of dark matter.

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Boeing's Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says

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Boeing's Starliner is rated to stay in space for 45 days on its historic first astronaut mission, but that's going to be extended soon. Ground testing on its thrusters will start as soon as July 2.

Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for fallen Challenger commander

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Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, the NASA commander of the ill-fated flight of space shuttle Challenger, is being remembered by Northrop Grumman with the naming of a space station cargo spacecraft.

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'Great Food Truck Race' blasts off on 17th season with stop at NASA

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"The Great Food Truck Race" lifted off for its 17th season by touching down at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Chef Tyler Florence welcomed nine teams to the "Blast Off Challenge."

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Former cryptocurrency company plans reality TV competition to pick next Blue Origin spaceflight crew

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A reality television series may follow a company's efforts to send the 1st Nigerian and others to space aboard a Blue Origin vehicle.

Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice

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"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.

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Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' in this animation

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A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the "chopstick" arms of its huge launch tower.

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Get an up-close look at China's Chang'e 6 farside moon rover (video)

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More information has come to light regarding the hitchhiking mini-rover on China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the moon's far side.

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Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline

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SpaceX has established a debris hotline and a special email address to aid folks who may have found fallen pieces of the company's hardware.

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Lego-inspired 'space bricks' could help scientists design moon habitats. Here's how

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How European Space Agency scientists are using Lego-inspired "space bricks" to design lunar habitats.

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If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect it

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A new thought experiment reveals how greenhouse gases can be used as a technosignature in the hunt for aliens.

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Satellites watch 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)

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Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning, setting the record of strongest hurricane to happen this early in the year.

Monday, Jul 1

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Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test

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Space Pioneer's new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.

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Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these 'tiny red dots' (image)

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The James Webb Space Telescope found "tiny red dots" in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.

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Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

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New research has identified two distinct populations of puffy, sub-Neptune exoplanets with low densities, allowing them to stay in step with their planetary siblings.

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Watch Firefly Aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight

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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is scheduled to launch for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Tuesday (July 2), and you can watch the action live.

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Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now

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Binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is about to go nova any day now. The recurrent nova explodes approximately every 79 or 80 years.

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See the sun rage behind the ISS in epic time-lapse photo

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Astrophotographer Miguel Claro caught the International Space Station as it crossed in front of the sun, making for a truly epic time-lapse photo .

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This mysterious ancient computer has a 'calendar ring' that followed the lunar year

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A hand-powered calculator from 2,000 years ago, known as the Antikythera mechanism, had a calendar ring that likely followed the lunar year.

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Japan launches advanced Earth-observing satellite on 3rd flight of H3 rocket (video)

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Japan's new H3 rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (June 30), sending the ALOS-4 Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

Sunday, Jun 30

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Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system's largest volcano

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NASA's long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter celebrated its 100,000th orbit with a fresh view of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

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It's International Asteroid Day, and astronomers have much to celebrate

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This year's events highlight the upcoming Hera mission and an Arizona-based project that uses off-the-shelf security cameras to scan meteors from roofs of schools, colleges and sometimes even private homes.

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The new space race: International partnerships (op-ed)

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The space race of the 20th century, characterized by rivalry and high barriers to entry, has transformed, opening up unparalleled opportunities for collaboration.

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Ugreen PowerRoam 2200 power station review

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We're big fans of Ugreen products, and this 2048 Wh power station is no exception — it's ideal for multi-day festivals or overnight skywatching sessions.

Saturday, Jun 29

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What are rogue planets?

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Discover the strange world of rogue planets left to wander the cosmos untethered to any star.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 117 —A Home on the Moon

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On Episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Evan Jensen of ICON Build about 3D printing habitats on the moon and one day Mars.

Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds

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Why is that some planets, such as Saturn, have more than a hundred moons, while others, such as Venus, have none?

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'Stellar tanning salon' brings light of alien suns to Earth

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The first-ever stellar tanning salon just opened in Germany, giving a few lucky folks the chance to see what it would be like to bake on an alien beach.

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'A Quiet Place: Day One' is a riveting return to the day Earth went silent (review)

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A review of "A Quiet Place: Day One" from director Michael Sarnoski, which reveals how Earth went quiet following a terrifying alien invasion.