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Saturn makes its long-awaited return to the late night sky this week: Here's how to see it

The ringed giant had previously risen in the early morning and predawn hours as a "morning star."

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Who is Mister Terrific, the super-smart hero aiding Lois Lane in James Gunn's 'Superman'

With a name like Mister Terrific, you better believe this mysterious masked man has a big reputation to live up to!

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ISS astronaut spies sunglint from Lake Titicaca | Space photo of the day for July 9, 2025

The astronaut was able to capture the lake reflecting direct sunlight at the camera.

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JWST finds cosmic monster ruling tiny early galaxy: Was it forged by black holes from the Big Bang?

The discovery of a monster-sized black hole in a pristine galaxy unspoiled by stellar death suggests growth via mergers between primordial black holes formed during the Big Bang.

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The 'sound of the Big Bang' hints that Earth may sit in a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide

The "Hubble tension," one of the most frustrating and lingering problems in science, could be solved if Earth and the Milky Way sit in a low-density void.

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See interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom through solar system in new telescope imagery (video)

The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves inward through the solar system.

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Intelligent aliens could be drawn to Earth by 'leaking' airports

Radar signals from "leaky" civilian and military aviation systems could act as a beacon to alien life, revealing intelligent life on Earth while helping us pinpoint them.

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Trump explains why he pulled Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA chief

President Donald Trump says he withdrew the nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator after learning of his donations to Democratic political candidates.

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Astronomy has a major data problem – simulating realistic images of the sky can help train algorithms

Astronomers use algorithms to analyze the numerous images coming from space, but how accurate are they?

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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the current cost while achieving key science goals.

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The ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely

"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus."

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What time is the full moon tonight?

Find out what time the full moon rises on July 10, 2025, how to see the Buck Moon from your location, and why it looks bigger near the horizon.

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on July 8, 2025.

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How your smartphone is powered by debris from a nova star explosion

The discovery could explain why younger stars seem to have more lithium than the Big Bang theory says they should have.

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Captured dark matter may transform some 'failed stars' into 'dark dwarfs'

Brown dwarfs, also known as "failed stars," could be corrupted by dark matter and transformed into "dark dwarfs" powered by the universe's strangest stuff.

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How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb

At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.

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NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers works on experiment in microgravity | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2025

Aboard the International Space Station, Ayers pulls out physics research hardware inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox

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Can Canada get to orbit? Companies NordSpace and ProtoSpace hope to launch country's 1st space mission (exclusive)

Canadian company NordSpace hopes to be the first in the country's history to launch an orbital rocket from Canadian soil. They've got the support of ProtoSpace, a specialized aerospace manufacturing provider hoping to support Canada's budding space industry.

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US Air Force cancels plans to build Starship landing pads on island bird sanctuary

The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using rockets to rapidly deliver cargo anywhere on Earth.

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How long would it take Superman to travel from Krypton to Earth?

As James Gunn's Superman (2025) races into cinemas faster than a speeding bullet, we look at the planet that could have hosted his home world and why he might be older than he looks.

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30 years ago, 'Species' showed where the Venn diagram of exploitation, B-movie nonsense, and serious sci-fi drama meets

How Species' lofty science-fiction ideas were consumed by its monster instincts.

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'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies (images)

Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have revealed the internal structure of the first galaxies in the universe, hinting at how our cosmos took shape.

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NASA teaches Mars orbiter to roll over in quest to find Red Planet water

The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view.

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See asteroid Donaldjohanson up close thanks to NASA's Lucy mission | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2025

On April 20th, NASA's Lucy was in the sky, not with diamonds, but with an asteroid.

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time finding it.

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