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'The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great.' Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA's Chandra space telescope

Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.

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A lunar eclipse steals the show in a colorful sky | Space photo of the day for July 18, 2025

A lunar eclipse was seen over the U.S. Naval Observatory Deep South Telescope in Chile.

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NASA workers plan 'Moon Day' protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. 'This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.'

Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.

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Who is Dr Roger Korby? A brief history of Christine Chapel's new boyfriend in 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'

Dr Korby once crossed paths with Kirk's Enterprise, though he was a very different man at the time…

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A doomed exoplanet is caught in a 'death spiral' around its star. Can it survive?

A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.

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What's the deal with Lex Luthor's pocket universe in James Gunn's 'Superman'?

Superman is full of awesome sci-fi elements, but the most fascinating one might be Lex Luthor's pocket dimension. How does that even work?

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Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.

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Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a "simulated moon underground space."

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Europe working to launch 'Invictus' hypersonic space plane by 2031 (video)

The European Space Agency is funding the development of a hypersonic space plane pathfinder, which will start flying by 2031, if all goes according to plan.

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2 billion-year-old moon rock found in Africa reveals secret lunar history

The basaltic meteorite is a piece of lunar rock that formed in a lava flow 2.35 billion years ago, long after volcanism on the moon was supposed to have ended.

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A vast shadow will sweep over Saturn's cloud tops early on July 18: Here's how to see it

Titan shadow transit seasons occurs just once every 15 years.

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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)

China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.

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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds': Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong on Una and La'an living their best lives in Season 3 (exclusive)

'It's fun to see Una come down on someone. We don't get to see that very often.'

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Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought

Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.

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Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming through our solar system (photos)

Astronomers unveiled a striking view of the new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS on its journey toward the inner solar system.

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Who are the Gorn? 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' reptilian menace, explained

These modern-day Gorn are a major upgrade on the lizard man Captain Kirk battled in the Original Series.

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50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates

On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the foundation for continued cooperation in space over the past 50 years.

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NASA preps key piece of Artemis IV moon rocket for lunar mission | Space photo of the day for July 17, 2025

NASA moved its payload adapter at the Space Flight Center in Huntsville to prepare for the upcoming Artemis IV mission

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Don't miss the third quarter moon shine near Saturn in the eastern sky tonight

The left-hand side of the moon will appear lit by direct sunlight, with the right bathed in shadow.

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'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard

NASA and Boeing are still working on the thruster issues that Starliner experienced on its first crewed flight last year, and the spacecraft's next mission will likely launch without astronauts.

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NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals secrets of a powerful, spinning neutron star

Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal the source powering its emissions.

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NASA won't publish key climate change report online, citing 'no legal obligation' to do so

NASA will not host the U.S. government's primary climate assessment reports on its website after all, despite a White House claim that they would be available via the space agency.

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'Project Hail Mary' author Andy Weir is 'really psyched' about the sci-fi film's epic 1st trailer (exclusive)

The fan favorite author of 'The Martian' admits, 'I'm really happy with how the film is turning out.'

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Satellite images track Grand Canyon wildfires burning across thousands of acres

Lightning-ignited Grand Canyon wildfires burn tens of thousands of acres, as NOAA’s GOES satellites continue to monitor the fires.

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Dust devils on Mars leave 'fingerprints' that can guide future Red Planet missions

The high winds that birth dust devils can also revitalize robots by cleaning their solar cells.

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