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SpaceX launches secret US spy satellite from Florida (video)

SpaceX launched a secret reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government early on Thursday morning, July 30, 2026 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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'The Ark' creator Dean Devlin talks season 3's enormous mystery box and sci-fi surprises (interview)

"We went wildly over budget and just made the biggest craziest season we could possible imagine."

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SpaceX Starship still floating 5 days after flight | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2026

SpaceX continues to collect imagery of the vehicle as it floats in the Indian Ocean five days after its most recent flight test.

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X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree 'breath' of an ancient black hole

Astronomers have spotted the blisteringly hot exhaust fumes of the earliest quasars, intensely bright cosmic titans powered by feeding supermassive black holes.

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July's full Buck Moon leads a mini planet parade through the summer sky tonight

The July full moon rises tonight with Venus, Saturn Mercury and Mars!

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NASA fuels its next-gen Roman Space Telescope for August launch

Looks like everything is on track so far for an Aug. 30 launch.

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Our Milky Way galaxy appears to have flipped 90 degrees long ago. But why?

A slowly rotating stellar halo was the clue to a major and unknown event in the Milky Way's history that saw the spiral disc flip over by more than 90 degrees.

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'Silo' season 3's Ashley Zuckerman and Jessica Henwick share the secret to their on-screen chemistry (interview)

'It's nothing we worked to generate, it was really just there from the beginning'

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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit in wake of Starship test flight (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, July 25, 2026.

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ISS meets Venus in incredible daylight photo | Space photo of the day for July 28, 2026

An astrophotographer captured a breathtaking scene as the International Space Station zoomed by Venus in the daytime sky.

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BALLS on the moon: China set to launch Africa's 1st lunar science mission in 2029

Africa's first space exploration mission aims to send a trio of spherical probes to the lunar south pole aboard China's Chang'e 8 lander in 2029.

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Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! Astronomers capture clearest image yet of famous star's elusive companion

"These are among the best moments in science: seeing something new, unexpected."

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'Crazy idea' succeeds: Scientists monitor space junk with radio telescopes

"That's the first time that's ever been done."

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Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)

The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well —and provided some amazing visuals, too. See the highlights here.

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Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal

Rocket Lab just inked a $266 million deal with the U.S. Space Force to launch up to 18 suborbital missile-defense missions, most of them from Alaska's Pacific Spaceport Complex.

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25 years on, 2001's 'Planet of the Apes' has become a bit of a guilty pleasure

Time to fire up the Wayback Machine to pay tribute to Tim Burton's controversial sci-fi reimagining.

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Are we overlooking signs of alien life that aren't technological or biological? 'Bread would be a signature of intelligence'

Between biosignatures and technosignatures lie noosignatures, and some scientists think they could help us find alien life someday.

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An 'almost blood moon' is coming on Aug. 27 and it'll be the best lunar eclipse until NYE 2028

The countdown is on! Millions of skywatchers will have front-row seats to a dramatic 96% 'blood moon' lunar eclipse. Here's what you need to know.

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Curiosity Mars rover inspects cracked wheel | Space photo of the day for July 27, 2026

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has experienced some serious wear and tear during its nearly 14 years on the Red Planet, as seen in new images of its wheels.

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X-ray spacecraft finds supermassive black hole stirring up the 'red potato' galaxy: 'There may be a cook in this cosmic kitchen'

Using the Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have seen a jet from a feeding supermassive black hole churning gas surrounding a galaxy nicknamed the "red potato."

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Private companies could ruin the night sky for the entire world, and international law can't stop them

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can single-handedly approve space projects that will change the night sky around the world. The international community can do very little against it.

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A seed that flew around the moon grew into this tree in NYC

The Madison Square Park Conservancy unveiled its moon tree at a smoky birthday party.

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What happened to space horror movies?

They mostly don't come out anymore... mostly.

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I'm not an astronaut, but I went to the International Space Station (sort of)

"Just the fact that it exists, just the fact that it continues to exist. We should marvel at that."

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We talk with astronaut Michael Foale about the 1997 Space Station Mir crisis: 'He took all the blame of the collision on his shoulders'

'I believe that we, as a crew, saved space station Mir that day'

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