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- July 31
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- Rocket Lab will resume Electron launches in August after July 4 failure
 - Comet Neowise: An increasingly rare opportunity to spot an icy wanderer with the naked eye
 - We could one day predict the most dangerous solar flares 24 hours in advance, study suggests
 - NASA astronauts set to ride a SpaceX Crew Dragon back to Earth for the 1st time this weekend
 - NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is fine and out of 'safe mode'
 - A European rocket will launch a space tug and 2 satellites today. Here's how to watch live.
 - NASA's Perseverance rover launch kicks off audacious Mars sample-return project
 - The first interplanetary helicopter is on its way to Mars
 - A weird long cloud on Mars has returned. It's right on schedule, scientists say.
 - A space race to Mars? Not quite — here’s why.
 - When worlds collide: Stunning 3D simulation shows what happens in giant planetary crashes (video)
 
 - July 30
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- NASA: Mars rover Perseverance in 'safe mode' after launch, but should recover
 - SpaceX fires up Starship SN5 rocket prototype ahead of first test flight
 - NASA's Perseverance launch sparks new Zippo 'Mars 2020' lighter
 - William Shatner of 'Star Trek' fame hints at a private trip to space
 - China's Chang'e 4 moon mission completes 20th day on lunar farside
 - NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life
 - NASA's next Mars rover, Perseverance, will launch today. Here's how to watch.
 
 - July 29
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- SpaceX, NASA watch weather for historic astronaut splashdown on Sunday
 - NASA's Perseverance rover packs microphones to hear the Red Planet
 - How NASA's Demo-2 astronauts will make a historic splashdown on Earth
 - NASA's Perseverance rover to test future spacesuit materials on Mars
 - Why NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will use nuclear power to keep itself warm
 - NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a key role in the search for ancient life
 - Replay: Space.com talks 'Summer of Mars' with NASA, Planetary Society
 - Virgin Galactic outlines SpaceShipTwo test flight plan to snag FAA license for passenger trips
 - NASA's next Mars rover rolls out to launch pad atop Atlas V rocket
 
 - July 28
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- Strange gas signature on Mars may help explain methane mystery
 - Virgin Galactic unveils sleek interior of SpaceShipTwo spaceliner (photos, video)
 - The Vostok Program: The Soviet's first crewed spaceflight program
 - NASA announces astronauts to launch on SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon in 2021
 - Donations needed to 'Save Space Camp' after pandemic shortfall
 - Mars sample return: NASA's Perseverance rover to return Martian meteorites to Mars
 - An asteroid the size of a car just zipped by Earth in close flyby
 - Virgin Galactic to debut passenger cabin design for SpaceShipTwo today. Here's how to watch live.
 - How do you prepare for Mars? NASA tells all at Comic-Con@Home.
 - How NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will get to the Red Planet
 - Weird behavior of Earth's magnetic field over South Atlantic dates back 11 million years
 
 - July 27
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- Rene Carpenter, pioneering space writer and last member of 'astronaut wives club,' dies at 92
 - China launches 3 satellites into orbit, including a 'lobster-eye' to hunt dark matter
 - NASA's Mars 2020 rover Perseverance is 'go' for launch
 - See Hurricane Hanna from space as seen by astronauts and satellites (video)
 - NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will use some of the best Martian maps ever made
 - Rare ghostly particles produced inside the sun just detected under a mountain in Italy
 - Oldest surviving light reveals the universe's true age
 - 'Mini-Neptunes' may be rocky water worlds
 - Steampunk Venus rover ideas win NASA contest to 'explore hell' with clockwork robots
 
 - July 26
 - July 25
 - July 24
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- NASA asteroid camera spots China's Tianwen-1 Mars spacecraft speeding away from Earth
 - How to see a cosmic 'Coat Hanger' rise with the little fox in the night sky
 - The Mercury 13: The women who could have been NASA's first female astronauts
 - Astra aiming for 1st orbital launch in early August
 - Behold! Saturn has no summertime blues in this amazing Hubble telescope photo
 - Democratic Party voices support for NASA in 2020 platform
 - The curtain is about to come down on Comet NEOWISE
 - NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos)
 - 'Star Trek' showrunner Alex Kurtzman talks about toxic fandom
 
 - July 23
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- Going nuclear: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover gets its power source for July 30 launch
 - Space Force unveils its official logo and motto: 'Always Above'
 - Meet 'Star Trek: Prodigy:' New animated series finally gets a name
 - A Space Fan's Guide to San Diego Comic-Con 2020
 - Russia has tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, US Space Command says
 - Russia launches robotic cargo ship on zippy space station delivery mission
 - China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission
 - NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is ready for its July 30 launch
 - SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA now targeted for late September
 - How did Earth crack? New study may explain origins of plate tectonics on our planet.
 
 - July 22
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- Comet NEOWISE is making its closest approach to Earth. Here's how to see it live online.
 - Watch Russia launch a new cargo ship to the International Space Station today
 - 'Star Trek' fans rejoice! Holodeck spotted in L.A. park
 - Satellites uncover widespread illegal fishing in Pacific Ocean
 - Why Persevere — to Mars? (Op-Ed)
 - Multiplanet system around sunlike star photographed for 1st time ever
 - Mistaken identity? Researchers uncover true nature of monster black holes
 - China's Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission gets a boost from international partners
 - Homebound NASA scientist grows radishes to practice for future moon farming
 
 - July 21
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- How to spot the bright Comet NEOWISE using mobile apps
 - Book excerpt: 'How to Die in Space' on the beauty and danger of nebulas
 - 'How to Die in Space' explores the dangers of astrophysics
 - Asteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years ago
 - Watch SpaceX catch an entire rocket nose cone that fell from space for the 1st time (video)
 - NASA astronauts tie spacewalk record while prepping space station for upgrades
 - China's first Mars rover Tianwen-1 launches this week. Here's what it will do.
 - For Mars, Hope (and a little Perseverance, too) shines in UAE's 'Apollo moment'
 - Watch two astronauts take a milestone spacewalk outside the International Space Station right now!
 
 - July 20
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- New monument shines light on Houston suburb's link with NASA
 - Apollo 11 spacecraft joysticks top $780K at auction, despite NASA concerns
 - SpaceX launches South Korea's 1st military satellite, nails rocket landing at sea
 - Venus probably has active volcanoes right now
 - Comet NEOWISE shines over SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (photo)
 - NASA jettisons Apollo moon landing stats to reach 300th American spacewalk
 - Google doodle celebrates female Turkish astrophysicist Dilhan Eryurt
 - Watch SpaceX launch a South Korean military satellite today
 - What's next for Hope Mars orbiter? UAE faces long journey to Red Planet.
 - Apollo 11 'disaster' video project highlights growing danger of deepfake tech
 - Tubby 'tardigrade' crawls across sun's surface in spectacular images
 - A Russian cosmonaut successfully performed tissue engineering in space with a magnetic field
 
 - July 19
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- United Arab Emirates launches 'Hope' mission to Mars on Japanese rocket
 - Comet NEOWISE: 10 big questions (and answers) about the icy wanderer
 - The United Arab Emirates will launch its 1st-ever Mars mission today. Here's how to watch live.
 - The universe's clock might have bigger ticks than we imagine
 - See Jupiter and Saturn at their brightest this week
 - Physicists discover new, exotic flavor of tetraquark
 
 - July 18
 - July 17
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- NASA's inspector general raises questions with cost management of Orion spacecraft
 - The mystery of a black hole's disappearing (and reappearing) meal may be solved
 - How to photograph Comet NEOWISE: NASA tips for stargazers
 - SpaceX's historic 1st crewed mission set to end on Aug. 2
 - China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission rolls out to launch pad (photos, video)
 - Citizen scientists and astronomers find two strange, ancient brown dwarfs
 - Are there any black holes left over from the Big Bang?
 - Interstellar space travel will have language complications for astronauts
 
 - July 16
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- NASA delays launch of flagship James Webb Space Telescope to Oct. 31, 2021
 - Spacewalking astronauts replace old space station batteries as part of years-long upgrade
 - The Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX's next NASA astronaut flight arrives at launch site (photo)
 - The UAE's Hope Mars orbiter launch delayed to next week due to bad weather
 - 'A Day in Space': Watch the National Space Society's virtual event now!
 - 'Smell of space' bottler sets sights on the moon, plans 'Eau de Luna'
 - The Best Mars Books for Red Planet Fans
 - Weird country-size 'campfires' on the sun revealed in closest-ever photos
 - How to see Comet NEOWISE in the evening sky now. It won't be back for 6,800 years.
 - Dazzling Comet NEOWISE could be an astronomical bonanza
 - Why is the speed of light the way it is?
 
 - July 15
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- Video astronomy: Bring the universe to your friends with Celestron's RASA 8 telescope
 - New climate study shows that we need to be patient when it comes to emissions mitigation
 - Japanese capsule carrying pieces of asteroid Ryugu will land on Earth Dec. 6
 - The boldest Mars missions in history
 - US launches 4 secret spy satellites to orbit
 - Comet NEOWISE has a sodium tail. Here's what it looks like.
 - Amazing photos of Comet NEOWISE from the Earth and space
 - Comet NEOWISE spotted by more NASA spacecraft (video, photos)
 - 'Geyser' aurora and 'cosmic bat' nebula shortlisted for astronomy photo prize
 - 'Partial supernova' blasts white dwarf star across the Milky Way
 
 - July 14
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- The electric hum of life may have originated with primordial lightning
 - Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light-years across
 - See Jupiter at its brightest for 2020 tonight!
 - Grant Imahara, TV Mythbuster and beloved science personality, dies at 49
 - The Space Force will launch 4 secret satellites from Virginia Wednesday and you can watch it live
 - SpaceX delays launch of South Korean military satellite to perform rocket checks
 - Bad weather delays launch of UAE's first mission to Mars
 - Pluto flyby photos: New Horizons mission leader Alan Stern reveals 10 of his favorite epic views
 - Pluto revealed: 5 years ago, NASA's New Horizons gave us our first close look at this distant world
 - The moon is 85 million years younger than previously thought
 
 - July 13
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- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' warps onto TV Aug. 6. See the 1st full trailer!
 - 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' is coming to Disney Plus in 2021
 - Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?
 - How to make a hypernova
 - Historic Saturn V swapped for SLS rocket on new Alabama license plate
 - Astronomers want to get in on NASA's push to the moon
 - The UAE wants to rewrite what we know about weather on Mars
 - 4 mysterious objects spotted in deep space are unlike anything ever seen
 - Earth's magnetic field changes 10 times faster than once thought
 
 - July 12
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- SpaceX test-fires rocket for South Korean military satellite launch this week
 - Join the National Space Society for 'A Day in Space,' a celebration of spaceflight, this week
 - Where did all the baryons go?
 - NASA wants a return to the moon in 2024. New human spaceflight chief makes no guarantees.
 - NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson on going to the moon, Mars and leading the next generation
 
 - July 11
 - July 10
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- Apple TV+ drops 1st teaser for adaptation of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi epic 'Foundation'
 - How to see Comet NEOWISE in the night sky this month
 - Dazzling Comet NEOWISE spotted by NASA sun-studying probe (photo)
 - China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket fails hours after Long March booster soars to space
 - Earth's moon had a magma ocean for 200 million years
 - NASA's Mars rover Perseverance mated to rocket ahead of July 30 launch
 - Volcanic island spewing ash and lava spotted from space
 - Pulsar discovery may solve mystery of strange neutron star crashes
 - NASA's Parker Solar Probe swings through Venus 'tail' in flyby today
 - NASA's Curiosity rover starts Red Planet road trip up Martian mountain
 - Can energy be sucked out of a black hole?
 
 - July 9
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- NASA unveils new rules to protect the moon and Mars from Earth germs
 - The 'morning star' Venus is at its brightest for 2020 this week. Here's how to see it.
 - What color is the sunset on other planets?
 - Satellite sees 'Godzilla' dust plume sweep across the Atlantic Ocean
 - Most of the Milky Way's life-hosting planets may have formed early on
 - Vega rocket's 53-satellite launch delayed to August
 - A Mars 'Hope': The UAE's 1st interplanetary spacecraft aims to make history at Red Planet
 - New map of the universe unveils a stunning X-ray view of the cosmos
 - Netflix's Mars sci-fi series 'Away' gets a launch date. See the 1st teaser trailer
 
 - July 8
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- Comet NEOWISE is 'an awesome sight' from space, astronaut says (video)
 - 'The Sirens of Mars' tells of the search for life on Mars
 - Book excerpt: 'The Sirens of Mars' on early views of the Red Planet
 - Space has a diversity problem — and big institutions like universities can do something about it
 - The 'mole' on Mars from NASA's InSight lander may be stuck again
 - Bad weather delays SpaceX launch of Starlink, BlackSky satellites
 - NASA completes investigation on flawed Boeing Starliner capsule test flight
 - South Atlantic Anomaly: Have astronomers finally explained space's Bermuda Triangle?
 - Mysterious radiation spike detected over Scandinavia
 - NASA mission to weird metal asteroid Psyche remains on track for 2022 launch
 - SpaceX to launch Starlink and BlackSky satellites into orbit today. Here's how to watch live.
 
 - July 7
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- China launches 3 satellites on 2 rockets in 3 days
 - House bill would nix White House's proposed 2021 NASA budget boost
 - Yale astronomy students speak out against institutional racism
 - Chinese scientists reveal analysis of weird substance found on the moon's far side by Yutu 2 rover
 - 'Clyde's Spot,' a new storm on Jupiter, discovered by amateur astronomer (photos)
 - Israel launches Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite into orbit
 - It's the month of Mars! 3 Red Planet missions set to launch in July
 - What are Newton's laws of motion?
 - Astronauts bound for Mars should swing by Venus first, scientists say
 
 - July 6
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- Astrophysicist Joe Pesce answers your questions about the universe (AMA Recap!)
 - An astronaut got a blood clot in space —now our study shows how to best protect crew
 - Comet NEOWISE shines in stunning photos from the International Space Station
 - There's more metal on the moon than we thought
 - The 1st-ever Mars helicopter will start flying next year. Here's how.
 
 - July 5
 - July 4
 - July 3
 - July 2
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- Virgin Galactic to reveal SpaceShipTwo cabin design on July 28
 - This new, super-accurate way to pinpoint our solar system's center may help spot monster black hole crashes
 - Tulsa Air and Space lands last of NASA's shuttle crew cabin trainers
 - NASA's first Space Launch System megarocket core powers up for 'green run' test
 - Tiny, simple moon rovers will bring cubesat science to the lunar surface
 - Quantum 'kick' on big object measured for 1st time ever
 
 - July 1
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- Spacewalkers complete penultimate set of battery upgrades for space station
 - Exposed planetary core spotted circling distant star
 - 'Kerbal Space Program' launches epic European missions in 'Shared Horizons' expansion
 - Going with a view? A spacewalk is the 'best view for a bathroom,' astronaut says
 - Astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside their space station today. Watch it live!
 - Betelgeuse's weird dimming caused by gigantic starspots
 - 'The Goblin' dwarf planet and an ancient quasar receive Hawaiian names
 
 
