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After more than 50 years, a solar telescope in New Mexico is being pulled down, after liquid mercury from the bearing that let its 250-ton optical system turn was found inside the tower. Crews found the metal on January 5.

September 11, 2026

A solar telescope in New Mexico is being torn down, and the reason is a pool of liquid…

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SpaceX confirms plans to launch Starlink satellites on next Starship mission

September 11, 2026

PARIS — A SpaceX executive confirmed that the next flight of the company’s Starship rocket will carry its…

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SpaceX CFO Says First Paying Starship Flight Is Weeks Away, Reiterates $100B ARR Milestone By Year-End

September 11, 2026

SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen told investors at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference that a recent hosting deal…

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The Moon may have formed intact just hours after a giant collision

September 11, 2026

Earth has an unusually large moon compared with other rocky planets in the solar system, but scientists still…

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The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery

September 11, 2026

On clear September evenings, I often find myself looking up just after dusk, expecting the sky to feel…

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September 10, 2026

France Launches Refresh Of Space-Based Elint | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Robert Wall September 10,…

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A group of people on a boat, several of them are wearing shirts with text reading "U.S. Coast Guard"

September 10, 2026

Memorial Day weekend 2024 started with a blue sky and a mild three- to four-foot chop in the…

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September 10, 2026

China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) has achieved a significant breakthrough in astronomy. FAST has produced the…

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On this day in space! Sept. 10, 2011: NASA launches GRAIL probes to the moon to map lumpy lunar gravity

September 10, 2026

On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA’s GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! GRAIL, which stands for…

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This NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars. Now It's Unveiling Rock Art on Earth

September 10, 2026

In 2005, archaeologist Jon Harman was attending a conference on rock art when he came across an unexpected…

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Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving

September 10, 2026

A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after overfeeding on companion stars…

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Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What's going on inside of it?

September 10, 2026

Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster…

After more than 50 years, a solar telescope in New Mexico is being pulled down, after liquid mercury from the bearing that let its 250-ton optical system turn was found inside the tower. Crews found the metal on January 5.

SpaceX confirms plans to launch Starlink satellites on next Starship mission

SpaceX CFO Says First Paying Starship Flight Is Weeks Away, Reiterates $100B ARR Milestone By Year-End

The Moon may have formed intact just hours after a giant collision

The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery

France Launches Refresh Of Space-Based Elint

NASA’s Life-Saving Technology Where Cell Signals Can’t Go

World’s largest atlas of universe’s gas bodies compiled, could decode how galaxies form, evolve

On this day in space! Sept. 10, 2011: NASA launches GRAIL probes to the moon to map lumpy lunar gravity

This NASA Color Trick Was Meant for Mars. Now It’s Unveiling Rock Art on Earth

Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving

Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?