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This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed'

Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way.

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Don't miss the crescent moon cozy up to Jupiter early on July 23

The thin crescent moon and Jupiter will be visible to the naked eye for early risers on July 23.

Space

Makenzie Lystrup stepping down as director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Makenzie Lystrup will step down as head of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Aug. 1. She'll be the second NASA center director to depart in just a two-month span.

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Nearly 300 NASA scientists sign 'Voyager Declaration' to protest Trump space science budget cuts

Nearly 300 current and former NASA employees — including astronauts, engineers and scientists — have signed the "Voyager Declaration," a formal statement raising alarm over recent actions and steep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.

Space

SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather (video)

NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off July 23 on a Falcon 9 rocket with three other small agency satellites that will act as technology demonstrators to monitor space weather.

Space

Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video)

A giant parachute built for the beleaguered European ExoMars mission has aced a drop test in the Arctic stratosphere.

Space

Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21).

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'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon's interior.

Space

Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter

Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency

The Guardian - US

This new 'CosmoCube' moon orbiter could eavesdrop on whispers from the early universe

U.K. scientists plan to send a small spacecraft to the moon's far side to detect faint radio signals emitted shortly after the Big Bang.

Space

These 3 popular skywatching star clusters may be branches of the same family tree

The Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Hyades open clusters could represent the different phases of star clusters: baby, adolescent and elderly.

Space

When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline

Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same time, challenging current models of our solar system’s evolution.

Space

Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting of secret companion (photo, video)

Astronomers have finally imaged the long theorized companion star of Betelgeuse, solving a mystery regarding its dimming that has persisted for millennia.

Space

ESA selects 5 rocket companies for European Launcher Challenge

Germany's Isar and RFA, France's Maiaspace, Spain's PLD Space, and UK-based Orbex have been pre-selected for ESA's €169 million launcher initiative.

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Amateur astrophotographer captures trio of breathtaking nebulas from the Central Australian Desert (photos)

"There's some great targets in the southern hemisphere, including the Carina Nebula."

Space

What are these strange swirls around an infant star? 'We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time'

Astronomers have discovered a baby exoplanet "spiral architect" carving complex swirls into a disk of gas and dust around the young star HD 135344B.

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 56th anniversary of man’s arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo and a call to astronaut Buzz Aldrin

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South Korea wants to build a moon base by 2045

South Korea just laid out its long-term space exploration road map, which features the planned construction of a moon base two decades from now.

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Discover where the Eagle might have landed: How to find Apollo 11's backup sites on the moon

Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world.

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected'

Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts... oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these explosions and many more powerful and violent cosmic events.

Space

See the moon cross the Pleiades for the last time this year on July 20

The moon's crescent limb will cloak and uncover stars from the iconic cluster before sunrise.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 169 — The Day Mars Died

On Episode 169 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by JPL Chief Engineer Emeritus Rob Manning to look back at the Mariner 4 Mars mission 60 years later.

Space

Twin NASA Mars probes will fly on 2nd-ever launch of Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket now has a payload for its second-ever flight —NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission.

Space

Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: 'Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song'

Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice giant Neptune.

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Newly discovered 'cosmic unicorn' is a spinning dead star that defies physics: 'We have a real mystery on our hands'

Two teams of astronomers have simultaneously discovered a strange, spinning dead star that seems to defy our current understanding of both neutron stars and white dwarfs.

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