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Billions of Years Ago, the Milky Way May Have Looked Like a Lentil — and It Could Again

A trove of images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope have opened a window into the Milky Way's fate.

Inverse

SpaceX Falcon Heavy shows off its 27 engines ahead of July 26 launch (photo)

SpaceX has shared a photo featuring the business end of the Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch a massive satellite for Maxar Technologies later this week.

Space

These Spiral Dust Arms May Hold the Secret to Building Giant Planets

The spiral arms of dust around a star 5,000 light years away may be a nursery for giant planets, offering clues about the history of our own outer Solar System.

Inverse

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Celestial Spectacle: Dual Meteor Showers To Illuminate Night Skies

Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids to peak simultaneously, offering a week-long dazzling display.

Zenger

SpaceX's Crew-7 astronaut launch delayed to Aug. 17

SpaceX and NASA have pushed the planned liftoff of the Crew-7 astronaut mission back by two days to Aug. 17, to get its launch pad reconfigured after a Falcon Heavy liftoff.

Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch world's largest private communications satellite on July 26

Maxar's largest communications satellite ever is being launched soon by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Space

How Artemis 2 astronauts are training for their 2024 moon mission

Artemis 2's moon crew is meeting a new generation of training. New tech, diversity and instructors form a team aiming to safely send four astronauts around the moon.

Space

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Venus volcanoes may be powered by long-ago violent impacts

Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system, and researchers may now know what is powering them.

Space

Stunning image reveals 1st detection of gas giants being born around a young star (photo)

The birth secrets of gas giant planets like Jupiter could be revealed by a stunning cosmic phoenix comprised of clumps of gas gathering around a young star.

Space

New image hints how planets form

The first of its kind observation could advance our understanding of how planets form

Salon

Large dusty clumps around young star provide insight into how planets are born

The findings could shed light on how giant planets like Jupiter form, scientists said.

The Independent UK

UK and Europe join forces on ground-breaking European Solar Telescope project

The telescope aims to provide insights into solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

The Independent UK

Archaeology on the moon: How to preserve spaceflight artifacts from Apollo era

NASA and many other countries are planning to bring humans back to the moon soon. But how do we preserve the spacecraft, tools and rovers already on the surface?

Space

How worried we should be about space debris

A large piece of unidentified space debris has been discovered washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia.

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SpaceX targeting July 26 for next Falcon Heavy launch (video)

SpaceX is targeting July 26 for the seventh launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, a mission that will loft the EchoStar Jupiter 3 communications satellite.

Space

A cosmic chameleon reveals its true colors in stunning infrared image (photo)

A cosmic chameleon shows off its bright colors in a new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

Space

'Cosmic Time Machine:' Director discusses new James Webb Space Telescope documentary (exclusive)

An exclusive interview with Shai Gal, director of Netflix's "Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine" documentary about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Inverse

Astronomers Are Excited — And Perplexed — After Discovering Water Vapor in Cosmic Rubble

JWST has detected water vapor around another star, in a region where rocky planets like Earth might form.

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A satellite will fall to Earth this week in a 1st-of-its-kind reentry. Here's what you need to know

The Aeolus satellite will make its fiery return to Earth on Friday (July 28). In a pioneering operation, Aeolus will be guided back to Earth safely. However, the spacecraft won't be returning in one piece.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope spies water near center of planet-forming disk in cosmic 1st

Rocky exoplanets could possess large amounts of water from the moment they form, observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest.

Space

400 Earth-size rogue planets could be wandering the Milky Way

When NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope comes online, it could be capable of spotting as many as 400 Earth-size rogue planets, and that might merely be the tip of the iceberg.

Space

Unusual galaxy cluster is an island of tranquility in the chaotic early universe

Seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, this peaceful galaxy cluster existed when the universe was just 5.8 billion years old and brimming with chaos.

Space

The US Congress is holding UFO hearings this week. What might we learn?

The chorus of voices calling for the U.S. government to spill the beans on possible alien visitation of Earth is louder than ever. But are we ready for such a revelation?

The Hindu

ISRO to launch PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore’s DS-SAR and six other satellites on July 30

ISRO: PSLV-C56 to launch Singapore's DS-SAR satellite on July 30. Mission will deploy 360kg satellite into Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO) at 5 degrees inclination and 535 km altitude.

Inverse

"Super-Earths" Study Reveals Weird New Oceans With Potential for Life

Earth-type and icy moons are what we know best, but these worlds outweigh them by far. But some may be melted water from exotic ices.

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