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Royal Society right to keep Elon Musk as member, says new astronomer royal

Prof Michele Dougherty, first woman to hold position, is upbeat about role of private sector in space exploration

The Guardian - UK

Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe's 1st stars form?

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?

Space

Landslide-prone Nepal Tests AI-powered Warning System

Every morning, Nepali primary school teacher Bina Tamang steps outside her home and checks the rain gauge, part of an early warning system in one of the world's most landslide-prone regions.

International Business Times

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In Darwin's Wake: Two-year Global Conservation Voyage Sparks Hope

After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into Rotterdam Thursday bearing a warning about climate change -- but also a message of hope.

International Business Times

You say tomato, I say potato: Researchers finally solve the mystery origins of the humble spud

Researchers say the answer on where the vegetable comes from goes back 9 million years

The Independent UK

Einstein was wrong (slightly) about quantum physics, new version of the famous double-slit experiment reveals

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.

Space

Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk

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.

Space

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SpaceX launches 19 Starlink satellites from California, lands rocket on ship at sea (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 19 Starlink satellites from California's central coast today (July 31), then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

Space

Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater

A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites.

Space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch next space tourism mission on Aug. 3

Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (Aug. 3) for the launch of its next suborbital tourism mission, which will send crypto billionaire Justin Sun and five other people to the final frontier.

Space

SpaceX, NASA scrub Crew-11 astronaut launch due to weather (video)

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA just a minute before liftoff today (July 31) after clouds intruded.

Space

‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find

Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’

The Guardian - UK

Venus reaches its highest point in the eastern predawn sky on Aug. 1: Here's how to see it

Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1.

Space

Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form

The Sculptor galaxy is a treasure trove of information that astronomers around the world cannot wait to pick apart.

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ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025

A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star

Space

Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is the Enterprise's real interstellar ladies' man

Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but "Strange New Worlds" has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan's surprisingly complicated love life

Space

New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.

The Independent UK

Why was the Pacific tsunami smaller than expected? A geologist explains

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake is potentially one of the largest quakes ever recorded

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Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability'

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world.

International Business Times

Beijing Officials Admit 'Gaps' In Readiness After Rains Kill Dozens

Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital, killing 44 people and leaving nine still missing.

Space

Watch SpaceX launch Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA today

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission are scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station today (July 31), and you can watch the action live.

The Guardian - UK

English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on

Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck

International Business Times

'Silent Killer': The Science Of Tracing Climate Deaths In Heatwaves

A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.

Space

SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 31

Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX polled 'go' to proceed with a launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS on Thursday (July 31).

Space

JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun

The James Webb Space Telescope's investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in sculpting the death of the primary star.

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