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Topline Here comes a classic crescent moon-and-meteors week. Tuesday, July 14, sees a new moon — when our natural satellite is roughly …
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James Webb telescope captures never-before-seen glimpse of ‘Centaur’ galaxy’s battle wounds — Space photo of the week
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogQuick facts What it is: Centaurus A galaxy (NGC 5128) Where it is: 11 million light-years away, in the constellation Centaurus When …
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‘The moon looked wrong’: Artemis II mission controller Chris White on taking historic lunar flyby photos from 250,000 miles away
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogOn April 6, the four crewmembers of NASA’s Artemis II mission swooped around the far side of the moon in their Orion …
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Science news this week: Time emerges inside a mini-universe, scientists thicken Arctic ice, and one of the oldest graves of a free Black person in the US found
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThis week’s science news was filled with big discoveries from the world of the small, led by a physicist’s creation of a …
For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, …
The waxing gibbous moon is nestled in the darkness of space in this June 26, 2026, image from the International Space Station. …
The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 billion …
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Back to ECF Home Advanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating …
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NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS, thanks to an upgrade to a mini-fridge-sized quantum lab
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA new upgrade to the International Space Station’s (ISS) quantum laboratory is enabling NASA to probe the behavior of atoms further than …
Topline The path of totality for the total solar eclipse on Wednesday, Aug. 12, will not cross North America, but Americans still …
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NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogNASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, accompanied …
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‘Astronomers have to revise estimates’: The Milky Way may be larger, heavier, and more lopsided than we realized
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogTwo of the Milky Way’s gigantic spiral arms appear to be much farther away than we realized, scientists have discovered after listening …
In early July 2026, for the second time in three months, a powerful typhoon crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam …
This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way galaxy’s most massive globular clusters, or spherical collections of …
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Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth’s mysterious ‘quasi-moon’ — and it may pose a big problem
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA secretive Chinese spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up photo of one of Earth’s temporary “quasi-moons” after arriving there for a potential …
After a winter of below-average snowpack and an unusually warm and dry start to summer, the National Interagency Fire Center warned that …
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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogFollowing its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready …
In this photograph, the Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park …
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NASA’s CAPSTONE Completes Extended Mission Testing Lunar Technologies
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAs NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can navigate and communicate without …
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned Northrop F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on July …
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NASA Seeks Industry Input on Second Phase of Commercial Space Stations
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogOn Monday, NASA released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking feedback from American companies on the next phase of its commercial …
Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections. getty Each day’s game of NYT Connections goes live at …
How today’s NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together. getty Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! …
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NASA celebrates America’s 250th birthday with red, white and blue snaps of the cosmos — Space photo of the week
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogquick facts What it is: A collection of “red, white and blue” images to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. …
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released in celebration of the …
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‘Next-door neighbor’ exoplanet has a much higher chance of harboring alien life than previously thought
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA hefty “super Earth” lurking in one of the closest star systems to our planet may be much better suited to supporting …
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble …
The family standing on the picturesque starry sky background Getty If you’re one of the 62% of people considering visiting dark sky …
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NASA’s Hubble Captures Crimson Cloud Sparkling with White, Blue Stars
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogLike fresh fireworks launched against a background of dissipating smoke, blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a crimson background of glowing …
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