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"The Ninth Jedi" is a bold new Star Wars anime project hitting Disney+ next month, and it looks sick!

This limited series expands on 2021's 'Star Wars: Visions'' episode, 'The Ninth Jedi,' from director Kenji Kamiyama.

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Extremely Large Telescope reaches a major milestone | Space photo of the day for July 13, 2026

The Extremely Large Telescope is looking quite large in this exciting moment.

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Getting Vikram-1 to orbit: Inside Skyroot Aerospace's coming bid to make spaceflight history

Backed by a $1.1 billion valuation, Skyroot Aerospace is betting that its Vikram-1 rocket can help transform India's commercial launch industry. And Vikram-1 is set to fly soon.

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Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites

"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."

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The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow

Reflect Orbital just got approval to launch its first light-directing space mirror, which it plans to do later this year. Tens of thousands more such craft could follow over the next 10 years.

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Why space games still struggle with the scale of the universe

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is."

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149 million views! Artemis II moon mission breaks NASA's streaming record

The Artemis II astronauts made an impact on potentially hundreds of millions of people during their mission, according to NASA figures.

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Space medicine breakthrough? Kidney and liver tissue bioprinted off Earth for 1st time ever

California-based company Auxilium Biotechnologies just produced kidney and liver tissue in space for the first time, using a method called bioprinting,

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Your lost dog can now call home with the world's 1st satellite-connected dog collar

A new dog collar with GPS tracking enabled by SpaceX's Starlink direct-to-mobile network promises connectivity from almost anywhere.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 218 — Which Way to the Moonbase?

On Episode 218 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss NASA's new moonbase plans with planetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee.

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Sci-fi action movies were better in the '90s. 'Independence Day' is full of reasons why

Superheroes and franchises haven't always ruled the multiplex…

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White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed as the head of a new White House group to study UFOs, or unidentified anomalous phenomena, as they're now known.

Space

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for 35th time, hauls Starlink satellites to orbit (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flew for the 35th time tonight (July 10), carrying 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.

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A ravenous black hole in our backyard could be our window into the ancient universe

A feeding black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy is behaving similarly to cosmic titans that existed just after the Big Bang.

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Launching from 2 continents: Germany's Isar Aerospace leases Canadian pad for $150 million

German company Isar Aerospace is expanding its operations overseas after signing an agreement with Canada's Maritime Launch Services for use of its Spaceport Nova Scotia.

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SpaceX ignites all 33 powerful engines on Starship booster ahead of Flight 13 launch (video)

SpaceX completed an engine test of the next Super Heavy booster slated to launch Starship's next mission, which could lift off as soon as next week.

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SpaceX launch creates colorful 'jellyfish' in the night sky | Space photo of the day for July 10, 2026

I promise it's not an alien.

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The moon, Mars and the Pleiades form a stunning lineup before dawn on July 11. Here's how to see it

A slender crescent moon, Mars and Aldebaran and two sparkling star clusters will create a beautiful predawn scene for early risers on July 11.

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Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots ensures astronauts can vote from space — or anywhere else

A new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court protecting voter rights could extend to astronauts living and working in space and training internationally.

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Astronomers may have heard the 1st 'whispers' of ghost particles created by supernova explosions

The universe is haunted by "cosmic ghosts" called neutrinos, which seem to be the "whispers" of stars that died in supernova explosions over the course of billions of years.

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Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever (video)

A Chinese Long March 10B rocket aced its debut launch on Friday (July 10), sending a satellite to orbit and coming down for a history-making landing at sea.

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Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87

Wally Funk, who flew to space at 82 after a lifetime of flying and fighting for women in aviation and aerospace, has passed away at age 87.

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Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns

Using the ESA's Euclid space telescope, astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of black hole-powered quasars in the early universe, including the most ancient and distant ever seen.

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SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit

SpaceX has applied for approval to operate a 100,000-member megaconstellation of next-gen Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. And each of the new spacecraft will weigh about 4,400 pounds.

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'Reckless' space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism

"Allowing a million orbiting data centers with no environmental review isn’t just irresponsible — it’s reckless."

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