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Study Shows Mars Is Spinning Faster Than Usual

It’s a subtle acceleration, and scientists aren’t entirely sure of the cause.

Zenger

British passenger, 80, on first Virgin Galactic space tourist flight says it was ‘completely surreal’

British ex-Olympian Jon Goodwin becomes only the second-ever person with Parkinson’s to join space flight

Evening Standard

Virgin Galactic: What’s it like to go on a sub-orbital space flight?

Here’s everything you need to know about how sub-orbital spaceflights work, what it feels like to go on one, and what your rights are

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Look at the incredible images of a spacecraft flying over Earth this month

Cygnus, which is designed to transport supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), can be seen flying 261 miles above the Earth.

The National (Scotland)

Surprise! GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares

Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.

Space

'Australia is sleepwalking': a bushfire scientist explains what the Hawaii tragedy means for our flammable continent

As I hear reports of the fire tearing through the Hawaiian island of Maui, I feel utterly depressed. As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror – which has killed 53 people so far – is just the beginning. It’s a portent of what Australia and other countries will…

The Conversation

UK billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is gearing up to send its first group of tourists to space after years of delays

The company founded back in 2004 is hitting a long-awaited milestone with ticketed tourists taking their first trip into space—now 800 more tourists are waiting for their shot to soar above the Earth.

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Russia will launch Luna-25, its 1st moon mission since 1976, today and you can watch it live

Russia plans to launch its first moon mission in nearly half a century today (Aug. 10), and you can watch the historic liftoff live.

Space

Stunning time-lapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star

An incredible time-lapse video tracks the 17-year journey of a distant and massive exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, around its parent star between 2003 and 2020.

Space

"This album almost destroyed our lives!" Earthside return with first new album for eight years

Cinematic US prog rock quartet Earthside will release new album Let The Truth Speak in November

Louder

ISRO releases images of Earth and Moon taken by cameras on board Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft

ISRO posted on its X social media platform: “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Earth viewed by Lander Imager (LI) Camera on the day of the launch, Moon imaged by Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera (LHVC) a day after the Lunar Orbit Insertion.”

The Hindu

New evidence suggests the world's largest known asteroid impact structure is buried deep in southeast Australia

Acknowledgment: I’d like to thank my colleague Tony Yeates, who originated the view of the Deniliquin multi-ring structure as an impact structure – and who was instrumental to this work.

The Conversation

Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury: A Timeline Of His Life In The MCU, Including Secret Invasion

Nick Fury has been active in the MCU since the beginning, so let’s go over the timeline of major events concerning Samuel L. Jackson’s character.

Cinemablend

Russian cosmonaut becomes first to ride European robotic arm on ISS spacewalk

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev completed the first test flight at the end of the European robotic arm as part of a successful spacewalk at the International Space Station on Wednesday (Aug. 9).

Space

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Total Film

Julia Carpenter has a comic book history as both Spider-Woman and Madame Web

Sydney Sweeney's new Madame Web character has a long legacy in Marvel Comics

Space

What time is Virgin Galactic's Galactic-02 space tourist launch today? Here's how to watch live.

Virgin Galactic's reusable spaceplane, VSS Unity, will launch its second commercial spaceflight mission today (Aug. 10). Here's how to follow the action.

Space

Scientists are using NASA satellite data to text Bangladeshi farmers water-saving strategies

A new technology uses satellite data to provide farming advice to Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani farmers.

Louder

“I’m quite happy no one knows who we are!” IO Earth on working out of the spotlight

Birmingham prog rockers IO Earth continue to plough their own unique furrow wthin the music business to ever greater success

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LiveScience

Eerie 'fireball' seen over Australia was actually a Russian rocket in disguise

A Russian rocket body plunged back to Earth near southern Australia on Monday night (Aug. 7), dazzling and alarming skywatchers.

Space

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is on track, but questions remain about Artemis 3

The heat shield for the Orion spacecraft is the only serious concern on NASA's Artemis 2 to-do list right now. But the Artemis 3 moon-landing mission has more open questions.

Space

The powerful winds of super magnetic stars could destroy the possibility for life on their exoplanets

Cool stars with powerful magnetic fields could have remarkably fast stellar winds that strip away their planets' atmospheres, making even "habitable zone" worlds less friendly to life.

The Independent UK

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it's even better this year

The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend

Space

Queen Rock legend Brian May launches Space.com astrophotography competition for signed copy of his asteroid book (video)

Sir Brian May and NASA's OSIRIS-REx chief scientist Dante Lauretta challenge Space.com readers to photograph solar system objects to win a signed copy of their new book about asteroid Bennu.

Space

Mars is spinning faster and its days are getting shorter. Scientists aren't sure why

Radio data has also allowed planetary scientists to measure Mars' rotation rate and learn more about the world's over-sized, molten core.

LiveScience

2nd nuclear fusion breakthrough brings us a (tiny) step closer to limitless clean energy

The breakthrough marks the second time that the core of a fusion reactor has given out more energy than it has taken in, but significant challenges remain.

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