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SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 test launch aborts at last second (video)

SpaceX aborted Flight 13 of its giant Starship rocket at the last second on Thursday (July 16). It's unclear when the company will try again.

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Astronomers discover landslides on Pluto large enough to bury entire cities on Earth

Evidence for landslides down steep crater walls on Pluto have been found in imagery from NASA's New Horizons mission.

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Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone

"It's in the habitable zone, which is super exciting for astrobiology and habitability and searching for life."

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SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of July 20's Flight 13 test launch (video)

SpaceX has stacked the two stages of its giant Starship rocket ahead of the Flight 13 test launch, which is scheduled to occur on Monday evening (July 20).

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An animated sci-fi rom-com wasn't on our wish list, but we'll be damned if 'Not Alone' doesn't look sweet, stylish, and hilarious

It's young rocket scientists in love and rowdy alien refugees when this animated adventure launches in 2027.

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Stephen Hawking's famous 'leaky' black hole theory gets much-needed update

"Hawking's laws of black hole mechanics provided a satisfying connection between extreme and ordinary physics and have been the paradigm for 50 years, but they have a serious limitation."

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After a lifetime of waiting, I'll finally witness a total solar eclipse next month on Aug. 12

Valoria la Buena, here we come.

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A laser disappears into the Milky Way's heart | Space photo of the day for July 16, 2026

That is quite a view.

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SpaceX launches 21 'data transport' satellites for US military (video, photos)

SpaceX launched 21 more satellites for the U.S. military's advanced new "Tranche 1 Transport Layer" constellation from California's scenic central coast today (July 16).

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Is dark matter 'tuned in' to a hidden dimension?

Two major mysteries in science, the nature of dark matter and the possible existence of higher dimensions, could be linked, new research suggests.

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SpaceX will now try to launch critical Starship Flight 13 test today after delays. Here's what to expect.

SpaceX plans to launch Starship Flight 13 today (July 24), a test mission that will send "V3" Starlink satellites to space for the first time ever. Here's how to watch it live.

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'Full steam ahead': NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027

NASA is busy preparing for Artemis III, the next crewed mission of its moon program launching on the massive SLS rocket next year. Hardware is coming together and agency personnel have begun launch scenario sims inside mission control.

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Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)

Rocket Lab recently performed a full-duration static fire test with the engine that will power the second stage of its powerful new Neutron launch vehicle.

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The 10 best British sci-fi shows of all time

Makes you proud to be British!

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Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins

"Thanks to the homeowner’s quick reaction, these are the most pristine CM1/2 meteorites we know of."

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Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins

"Our work shows that sugars can form naturally in space."

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The 10 best places in the UK to see the partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12

August 12 will see the deepest partial solar eclipse in the U.K. for many decades, hours before the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Here's where to go.

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Glaciers spotted flowing across the Himalayas from space | Space photo of the day for July 15, 2026

Glacial ice carves its way downhill.

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'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek

It has taken over ten years, but astronomers have finally won a prolonged game of cosmic hide-and-seek with a planet hiding around the star Beta Pictoris.

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Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst

SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers over the past year with each satellite now dodging other objects almost weekly.

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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 launch today? (Full mission timeline)

SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission today (July 24) after delays. Here's what time it flies.

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SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit (video)

SpaceX launched Starlink satellites on a pair of Falcon 9 rockets eight hours apart from opposite coasts on July 13-14, 2026. The second launch was the 600th use of a flight-proven booster.

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Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions

"Nearby isolated white dwarfs are usually easy to find, but we couldn't see these four stars directly."

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The 1st of 10,000 'missing' black holes in the Omega Centauri star cluster has been found by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes

The first of 10,000 missing black holes in the Omega Centauri globular cluster has been found thanks to teamwork by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

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'Once Upon a Time in Space': How to watch PBS's out-of-this-world astronaut documentary

'It's like you’re going to Oz. It's glimmering, it's beautiful'

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