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$The Hubble Space Telescope reached orbit with a mirror ground to the wrong shape by a fraction of a human hair, and astronauts repaired the billion-dollar mistake by effectively giving it glasses$

July 16, 2026

Hubble’s first images did not look like the beginning of a new era in astronomy. Stars that should…

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This illustration depicts Faraday rotation in the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst. A powerful jet (upper left) sends polarized radio waves outward through the thin wall of a surrounding bubble of magnetized gas called an HII region. As the light passes through this material, its polarization angle is twisted by the magnetic field. Because the effect is stronger at longer wavelengths, the red and blue waves, which represent different radio wavelengths, exit the bubble oscillating in different directions. By measuring this difference, astronomers were able to map the magnetic environment surrounding GRB 260310A for the first time. Image credit: NSF / AUI / NRAO / M. Weiss

July 16, 2026

Using NSF’s Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers made the first radio detection of polarized light and Faraday rotation…

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A photograph of aurora borealis from the ground with trees

July 16, 2026

Sometimes the sun throws a temper tantrum, and that tantrum hits Earth. For some people, that means a…

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Telecommunication network above North America

July 16, 2026

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July 16, 2026

New monkey species with orange lips found ‘hiding’ in DRC forest BBCScientists have discovered a new species of monkey.…

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A white, blue, and red probe attached to a rotor with four blades flies in the blue sky, just above the Moon.

July 15, 2026

An atmospheric probe model attached upside down to a quad rotor remotely piloted aircraft ascends with the Moon…

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A native bee collecting pollen near solar farms native wildflowers in Minnesota, two minnesota solar

July 15, 2026

Picture two big solar farms sitting in the middle of southern Minnesota farm country, panels tilted toward the…

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Two large rocket engines, one standing, one horizontal, rest on support platforms inside a white industrial setting.

July 15, 2026

NASA is picking up the pace on its Artemis III mission preparations, pressing forward on multiple fronts to…

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Tiny Microbe May Unlock Solution to Forever Chemicals

July 15, 2026

Rare and endangered animals are often among the species most vulnerable to chemical pollution, yet scientists face a…

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Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef – plans to fix it aren’t up to the task

July 15, 2026

When you think about threats to the Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching due to climate change would likely…

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NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids

July 15, 2026

A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover…

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August's solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity

July 15, 2026

On August 12 the sky will go dark for just two minutes and 18 seconds, at longest, across…

The Hubble Space Telescope reached orbit with a mirror ground to the wrong shape by a fraction of a human hair, and astronauts repaired the billion-dollar mistake by effectively giving it glasses

Astronomers Detect Gamma-Ray Burst’s Magnetic Fingerprint

Study Suggests We’ve Been Measuring Solar Storms All Wrong

On Eve Of Launch Return, SDA Mesh Network Remains Work In Progress

New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DRC forest – BBC

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Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour’s soybeans

‘Full steam ahead’: NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027

AI Safeguards Endangered Fish from Chemical Threats

Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef – plans to fix it aren’t up to the task

NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids

August’s solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity