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Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator

Trump abruptly announced the appointment of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as acting NASA Administrator as the U.S. Senate reviews the space agency's proposed budget.

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Why scientists are so excited about the newfound interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (op-ed)

The scientific and cultural impact of 3I/ATLAS over the coming months and years will serve as an exemplar of what astronomy can learn and why it matters.

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Did you feel it? Earth just had one of its shortest days ever and 2 more are coming

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

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July full moon 2025 rises tonight: Everything you need to know about the low-riding 'Buck Moon'

The 'Buck Moon' will be the farthest full moon from the sun in 2025.

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Private Ax-4 astronauts aboard ISS are filling their time with science, views of Earth and pierogis (video)

As the Axiom-4 mission approaches its two-week mark before returning to Earth, the private space mission crew discusses science and pierogis.

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Scientists discover ice in space isn't like water on Earth after all

Scientists had assumed that the ice in space was purely amorphous, but new experiments show it can have a partly crystalline structure similar to ice on Earth.

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NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space

"You can think of it as a cosmic pool game. We might miss the pocket if we don't consider all the variables."

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Astronomers trace mysterious blast of X-rays to 'Die Hard' star that refuses to perish (video)

Astronomers have traced a mysterious blast of X-rays to a star that, like a cosmic action hero, just refused to die.

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Every living former NASA science chief opposes Trump's proposed budget cuts in letter to Congress

The letter warns that the proposed FY2026 budget would halt dozens of missions, gut future programs and threaten U.S. leadership in space science.

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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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