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- July 21
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- James Webb Space Telescope discovers the secrets of cosmic 'factories' that filled the early universe with stardust
- Alien life likely can't survive on exoplanets smaller than Mars, scientists say
- Space Force orders 36 more Golden Dome missile-tracking satellites, for $1.75 billion
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Starlink satellites to orbit a day after rare launch abort
- Billions of miles and thousands of years in the making: This is the life of a Perseid shooting star
- Artemis III astronauts will beam 4k video from Orion to Earth using SpaceX Starlink lasers
- The 'Avengers Doomsday' trailer is cool, but it's missing something... where's all the space stuff?
- Scientists may have found the 1st twin star system where both stars exploded
- James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time 4.4 billion years | Space photo of the day for July 21, 2026
- SpaceX launches satellite repair drone with 10-foot robotic arms to Earth orbit (video)
- A massive crater was spotted on Google Earth. It could be a scar from an ancient meteorite impact
- Galaxy cluster's magnetic field reconstructed for 1st time with record-breaking astronomy map
- July 20
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- The 1st 'Avengers: Doomsday' trailer is here, and it's stuffed to bursting with superheroes
- SpaceX targets July 23 for crucial Starship Flight 13 test launch after abort
- Scientists discover mystery molecule on Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan: 'We cannot say what it is'
- 50 years after Viking 1's historic Mars landing, NASA is looking to the Red Planet's skies
- 'Stranger Things' at 10: The Netflix streaming icon that made it cool to like science again
- Twice in a row: SpaceX rocket aborts launch at last second again (video)
- Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever
- Artemis II was an incredible reminder of our shared humanity just when we needed it most (op-ed)
- Get stabilized views of the cosmos with the Canon 18x50 IS binoculars, now almost 30% off
- Ancient sandstorm leaves behind wreckage on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 20, 2026
- Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?
- Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues
- An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn
- July 19
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- 'Aliens' at 40: James Cameron's sequel is a sci-fi icon, but did you know he quit the movie twice?
- Should we trust AI in the search for alien life? Scientists aren't so sure
- How Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' turned general relativity into the bad guy
- 10 places in the US and Canada to see August's partial solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower in 1 trip
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
- Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby
- July 18
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- Another reusable rocket? Japan launches, lands RV-X prototype (video)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 219 — SpaceX Goes to War!
- 'We knew we had a lot to live up to': As 'Aliens' turns 40, we chat with the legendary VFX masters who created the Alien Queen (interview)
- Beyond the Perseids: 6 meteor showers worth watching this summer
- July 17
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- Remembering 'Ulysses 31', the '80s cartoon that transported 'The Odyssey' to outer space
- These 'metallic' dunes on Mars look like sci-fi. What are they really?
- The Perseid meteor shower starts this week. Here's why you should look up now
- 'Aliens' at 40: Here are 26 reasons why James Cameron's sequel is still the greatest sci-fi action movie of all time
- Earth's largest particle accelerator opens new window into the early universe just after the Big Bang: 'A culmination of a decades-long quest'
- 'The dawn of a new space era': Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, aces debut launch
- 'The Starry Night' in space: Dark Energy Camera channels a cosmic Van Gogh (video)
- Smoke from devastating Canada wildfires visible from space | Space photo of the day for July 17, 2026
- The Perseid meteor shower is here! How to see the best shooting stars this summer
- Astronauts just launched on a Soyuz rocket with an energy-drink ad on it, continuing a Russian tradition
- Are we underestimating the threat of solar storms? A 'once-in-a-thousand-year' disaster is worth considering, scientists say
- July 16
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- SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 test launch aborts at last second (video)
- Astronomers discover landslides on Pluto large enough to bury entire cities on Earth
- Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone
- SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of July 23's Flight 13 test launch (video)
- An animated sci-fi rom-com wasn't on our wish list, but we'll be damned if 'Not Alone' doesn't look sweet, stylish, and hilarious
- Stephen Hawking's famous 'leaky' black hole theory gets much-needed update
- After a lifetime of waiting, I'll finally witness a total solar eclipse next month on Aug. 12
- A laser disappears into the Milky Way's heart | Space photo of the day for July 16, 2026
- SpaceX launches 21 'data transport' satellites for US military (video, photos)
- Is dark matter 'tuned in' to a hidden dimension?
- SpaceX will launch Starship, the world's largest rocket, on critical Flight 13 test on July 23. Here's what to expect.
- July 15
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- 'Full steam ahead': NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027
- Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)
- The 10 best British sci-fi shows of all time
- Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins
- Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins
- The 10 best places in the UK to see the partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12
- Glaciers spotted flowing across the Himalayas from space | Space photo of the day for July 15, 2026
- 'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek
- Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst
- What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 launch on July 23? (Full mission timeline)
- July 14
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- SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit (video)
- Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions
- The 1st of 10,000 'missing' black holes in the Omega Centauri star cluster has been found by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes
- 'Once Upon a Time in Space': How to watch PBS's out-of-this-world astronaut documentary
- 1st-ever X-rays in space offer hope for possible patients headed to the moon
- This cosmic 'lighthouse' is blazing a magnetic trail through the Milky Way
- Honeycomb structures spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 14, 2026
- The biggest skywatching day of 2026 is coming. Here's what you'll see in North America and Europe
- How to watch SpaceX launch Starship Flight 13 on July 23
- Moon landings could destroy evidence of life's origins
- July 13
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- SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: New liftoff set for this week
- These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans
- Russia launches NASA astronaut Anil Menon and 2 cosmonauts to the International Space Station (video)
- NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)
- SpaceX targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, reveals what went wrong on previous launch
- "The Ninth Jedi" is a bold new Star Wars anime project hitting Disney+ next month, and it looks sick!
- Extremely Large Telescope reaches a major milestone | Space photo of the day for July 13, 2026
- Getting Vikram-1 to orbit: Inside Skyroot Aerospace's coming bid to make spaceflight history
- Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites
- The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow
- July 12
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- Why space games still struggle with the scale of the universe
- 149 million views! Artemis II moon mission breaks NASA's streaming record
- Space medicine breakthrough? Kidney and liver tissue bioprinted off Earth for 1st time ever
- 1 month until the total solar eclipse 2026 — Here's what you need to know
- July 11
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- Your lost dog can now call home with the world's 1st satellite-connected dog collar
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 218 — Which Way to the Moonbase?
- Sci-fi action movies were better in the '90s. 'Independence Day' is full of reasons why
- White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for 35th time, hauls Starlink satellites to orbit (video)
- July 10
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- A ravenous black hole in our backyard could be our window into the ancient universe
- Launching from 2 continents: Germany's Isar Aerospace leases Canadian pad for $150 million
- SpaceX ignites all 33 powerful engines on Starship booster ahead of Flight 13 launch (video)
- These rare glowing 'space clouds' are summer's best-kept skywatching secret
- SpaceX launch creates colorful 'jellyfish' in the night sky | Space photo of the day for July 10, 2026
- The moon, Mars and the Pleiades form a stunning lineup before dawn on July 11. Here's how to see it
- Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots ensures astronauts can vote from space — or anywhere else
- Astronomers may have heard the 1st 'whispers' of ghost particles created by supernova explosions
- Don't miss out on 'The Ark' Season 3 — get a year-long Peacock TV deal for just over $9 a month
- Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever (video)
- July 9
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- Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87
- Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns
- SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit
- 'Reckless' space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism
- 'Silo' season 3 showrunner Graham Yost explains the time jumps and turning half of the show into a political thriller (interview)
- Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check
- Take a trip to the turquoise waters of the Bahamas (from space) | Space photo of the day for July 9, 2026
- The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say 'our coasts deserve better'
- China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids
- Staffing the moon base: How many astronauts should live in NASA's lunar outpost?
- July 8
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- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 36th time
- Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon
- Dance of death between binary stars leads to an unusual supernova
- NASA begins funding hardware for 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission
- Trump gifts Artemis astronauts an American flag from the US Capitol to plant on the moon
- Shoebox-sized 'detector satellites' could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space
- Venus takes center stage with 2 easy-to-see sky shows this July. Here's when and where to look
- 'This is the future of spatial intelligence': Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026
- The US Space Force just got a new electromagnetic weapon to jam adversary satellites
- Revolutionary rocket engine company Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale design
- NASA's New Horizons probe just woke up from hibernation 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto. What's it doing out there?
- Earth may survive the sun's death after all, new study suggests
- July 7
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- James Webb Space Telescope celebrates its 4th birthday with stunning image of a galaxy crash site
- Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought
- 'Project Hail Mary' is finally streaming on Amazon Prime Video, and we can't wait to watch it again
- Artemis 2's Jeremy Hansen stepping down from active astronaut duty after epic moon mission
- How public–private partnerships can turn Mars into an economic frontier (Op-Ed)
- China releases 1st photo of Earth's elusive 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa
- 'That's going to come back and bite us': Former NASA chief questions Artemis moon lander plans
- Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2026
- Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth
- SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite
- The sun's atmosphere is way hotter than its surface. Scientists may finally know why
- July 6
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- Even astronauts in space saw America 250 fireworks on the Fourth of July. See their ISS view of Los Angeles (video)
- SpaceX launches 81 satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket on ship at sea
- More clues surface about the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
- NASA just found a planet 'hiding' in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein
- Black holes buried in mysterious 'little red dot' galaxies could blast cosmic ghosts at Earth
- Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are 'debris from a foreign rocket body', space agency says
- 'Acceleration without fuel:' Revolutionary superconducting device harnesses Earth's magnetic field to move a spacecraft
- Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away
- Artemis moon astronauts visit Capitol Hill | Space photo of the day for July 6, 2026
- NASA will have to find a way to service its new alien-hunting space telescope
- Astronomers discover radio signals coming from rare 'Blue Eye Pulsar' after decades of silence
- 'Once-in-a-millennium' asteroid flyby will be visible to much of the world in 2029
- July 5
- July 4
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- America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 217 — America in Space
- Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we're headed back to the moon
- What did the night sky look like on the 1st Independence Day 250 years ago?
- 30 years on, "Independence Day" still proves the versatility of the original "The War of the Worlds"
- July 3
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- How to find Uranus this week, the hardest planet I've ever tried to see
- As 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' turns 35, it's time to accept the truth: Terminator shouldn't be back
- Could humans someday explore Saturn's moon Titan, or will humanoid robots do it for us?
- 'Independence Day' at 30: Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin talk blowing up the White House and crafting a true sci-fi classic (interview)
- 1 private spacecraft intercepts another on Space Force's groundbreaking 'Victus Haze' mission
- Celebrate 250 years of America with the Estes Liberty Star model rocket
- Space science has come a long way since July 4, 1776. Here's a look back at the saga
- Infant stars celebrate their independence with cosmic fireworks| Space photo of the day for July 3, 2026
- Want to see Uranus? July 4 could be your best chance in decades
- America at 500: Where will we be in space in 2276?
- July 2
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- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from California (video)
- SpaceX fires up all 6 of Starship's engines ahead of 13th test flight (video)
- 'Silo' season 3: Release date & how to watch Apple TV's sensational post-apocalyptic saga
- Apollo 11 landing site, a cosmic Eagle and a blue-white star: 4 night sky targets to celebrate America 250
- 'Stellar death is not the end': James Webb Space Telescope glimpses the fate of the solar system in a weird exoplanet orbiting a dead star
- Astronomers discover a potentially habitable planet just 25 light-years away. 'This one is exciting'
- How to invade planet Earth: A sci-fi movie alien's guide to bringing the human race to its knees
- 'Flying saucer' arrives at NASA for Artemis 3 moon mission in time for World UFO Day | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2026
- July full moon 2026: When, where and how to see the Buck Moon
- In 1776, the moon was a clock, a calendar and a streetlight — and it was 31 feet closer to Earth
- Sun fires off 10 solar flares in 24 hours as multiple Earth-bound CMEs raise northern lights hopes for July 4 weekend
- July 1
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- Steven Spielberg sci-fi movies ranked, worst to best
- Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video)
- 'Rocket's Red Glare': How NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission celebrated America's 250th birthday
- This weird 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren't sure how
- The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. 'For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic'
- July's planetary lineup is changing — and Venus is the last one standing
- NASA will send a soccer ball to the moon — if the US wins the World Cup
- Ocean-monitoring satellite spots wildfire smoke from space | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2026
- Stunning new NASA space telescope images reveal the universe in red, white and blue for America 250
- In 1776, the solar system only had 6 planets. Now, it has 8. Does it end there?
- Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare and Earth-bound CME that could spark northern lights for July 4 weekend
- NASA audit puts Boeing's Starliner under an even bigger microscope: When will it fly astronauts again?