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New Horizons flew past Pluto so quickly that an encounter nine years in the making was effectively over within hours — but the data gathered during that brief passage took another 15 months to trickle home

July 14, 2026

The New Horizons encounter with Pluto was one of the strangest bargains in modern exploration. NASA spent almost…

July 14, 2026

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Image of some of the SKA-low antennas. Credit - SKAO

July 14, 2026

There are parts of the universe that are extremely hard to see, even for our most advanced telescopes.…

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Astronauts insist space has a smell — a mix of seared steak, hot metal and welding fumes that clings to a suit after every spacewalk

July 13, 2026

The strangest thing about the smell of space is that no one can smell space directly. Vacuum does…

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A brown and yellow platform holding a seat that is raised up in the air is holding one passenger. The passenger is wearing virtual reality goggles and a harness. There is a TV monitor to the right of the monitor showing the words “liftoff” and a second screen behind the passenger.

July 13, 2026

No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air…

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3I/ATLAS photographed in color by the Gemini North telescope on 26 November, 2025. Spectra taken of the comet reveal chemical information about its birthplace around an ancient, metal-poor star. Courtesy International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

July 13, 2026

Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By…

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SpaceX’s most-flown Falcon booster to launch on record 33rd flight – Spaceflight Now

July 13, 2026

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force…

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July 13, 2026

China’s controlled seaborne recovery of a rocket booster using a net-capture vessel last week proved the viability and…

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A picture of a Acheulean hand axe, a type of noosignature that can be found on Earth. Credit - The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters

July 13, 2026

Astrobiology has long been split into two camps: a search for “biosignatures” and a search for “intelligence.” These…

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A solar eclipse is coming to Europe this summer

July 13, 2026

Somewhere on Earth, there’s a solar eclipse every 18 months or so — and the next one is…

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NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)

July 13, 2026

The assembly of NASA’s next Artemis rocket is well underway, with the recent arrival of one of the…

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Since its IPO launch last month, SpaceX has dropped 25% of its value. Credit: Getty

July 13, 2026

At the beginning of June, the Nasdaq hit a record high, climbing above 27,000. A week later, after…

New Horizons flew past Pluto so quickly that an encounter nine years in the making was effectively over within hours — but the data gathered during that brief passage took another 15 months to trickle home

SDA Taps L3Harris, Sierra Space For Additional Tracking Layer Sats

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Astronauts insist space has a smell — a mix of seared steak, hot metal and welding fumes that clings to a suit after every spacewalk

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Chemistry Reveals the Origins of an Interstellar Comet

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A solar eclipse is coming to Europe this summer

NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)

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