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Don't miss the Pleiades shine with Venus in the predawn sky on July 5

Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target.

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Could signs of Mars life be hidden in its thick layers of clay?

Mineral-rich layers of clay suggest that ancient life could be possible on the Red Planet

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Satellite spies both ISS and China's Tiangong space station | Space photo of the day for July 4, 2025

Both stations are hubs of scientific research.

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Biting the 'Bullet': Amazing new JWST photo shows titanic collision of galaxy clusters

It's another step on the road to one day discovering what dark matter could be.

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Seeing 'fireworks' on Earth from space | On the ISS this week June 26 - July 4, 2025

The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their first of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.

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'We are proud to serve our country, both on Earth and in space': NASA astronauts beam home July 4 message from ISS (video)

NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim and Anne McClain marked Independence Day with a few heartfelt words for their compatriots here on Earth.

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Very massive stars vomit vast amounts of matter before collapsing into black holes

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this transformation, they may vomit out more stellar material than we knew.

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Russia launches Progress 92 cargo ship toward the ISS

A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station this afternoon (July 3), hauling several tons of cargo to the orbiting lab.

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James Gunn's sci-fi movies ranked, worst to best

With Superman on its way, we take a look at director James Gunn's incredible slate of sci-fi movies to date.

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See the bright star Spica close to the waxing gibbous moon on July 3

Spica is a binary star system that orbits over 250 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way.

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Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields

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How to see China's Tiangong space station and the ISS in the predawn sky this week

The International Space Station and China's Tiangong Space Station will be visible for early risers. Here's how to make a dual sighting.

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'An exceedingly rare event': See a pair of nova explosions shining in the southern sky this week.

Both novas will eventually become too dim to see, even under the darkest skies. So catch them while you can!

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Rare breed of exploding star discovered by citizen scientists in cataclysmic find

With the aid of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered an erupting cataclysmic variable star in a rarely seen evolutionary stage.

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See Vega-C rocket's 3rd stage hoisted for upcoming launch | Space photo of the day for July 3, 2025

The Zefiro-9 was hoisted in preparation for the Vega-C flight VV27.

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New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today

3I/ATLAS is the third-ever interstellar object discovered.

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Earth is farthest from the sun today. So why is it so hot?

Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.?

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See Mercury at greatest elongation, its farthest from the sun in the evening sky this week

The rocky world will be visible for a brief window after sunset.

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'52 Assignments: Night Photography': A Q&A with author and astrophotographer Josh Dury

"…are we potentially the last generation that will see the night's sky in its entirety?"

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Hubble Telescope finds stellar nursery in Taurus Molecular Cloud | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2025

The space telescope spied three young stars in the nebula.

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A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and potentially marking the birth of a new ocean, a new study reports.

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Climate satellite MethaneSAT backed by Bezos and Google fails in space after just 1 year

MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's largest industrial contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. Now, without power, the spacecraft's mission has abruptly ended.

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The secret of why Mars grew cold and dry may be locked away in its rocks

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked up in rocks.

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Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own parent stars by being too clingy.

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Former astronaut Terry Virts talks about his Senate run, Trump and the NASA budget in exclusive Space.com interview (video)

Space.com sat down recently with retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts to talk about space, politics and his run in Texas for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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