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SpaceX launching secret US spy satellite early on July 30: Watch it live
By Mike Wall Published
SpaceX plans to launch a secret reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government early on Thursday morning (July 30), and you can watch the action live.

'The Ark' creator Dean Devlin talks season 3's enormous mystery box and sci-fi surprises (interview)
By Jeff Spry Published
"We went wildly over budget and just made the biggest craziest season we could possible imagine."

SpaceX Starship still floating 5 days after flight | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2026
By Brett Tingley Published
SpaceX continues to collect imagery of the vehicle as it floats in the Indian Ocean five days after its most recent flight test.

On this day in space! July 29, 1982: Soviet Salyut 6 space station falls to Earth
By Hanneke Weitering Published
On July 29, 1982, the Salyut 6 space station fell out of space and safely burned up in Earth's atmosphere along the way. Here's why it mattered.

X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree 'breath' of an ancient black hole
By Robert Lea Published
Astronomers have spotted the blisteringly hot exhaust fumes of the earliest quasars, intensely bright cosmic titans powered by feeding supermassive black holes.

July's full Buck Moon leads a mini planet parade through the summer sky tonight
By Anthony Wood Published
The July full moon rises tonight with Venus, Saturn Mercury and Mars!

NASA fuels its next-gen Roman Space Telescope for August launch
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
Looks like everything is on track so far for an Aug. 30 launch.

Our Milky Way galaxy appears to have flipped 90 degrees long ago. But why?
By Keith Cooper Published
A slowly rotating stellar halo was the clue to a major and unknown event in the Milky Way's history that saw the spiral disc flip over by more than 90 degrees.
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