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July 31, 2026
The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:59 p.m. PDT (10:59 p.m. EDT / 0259 UTC).
The script is flipped in Prime Video's upcoming "Blade Runner 2099" series where replicants have rebelled and seized power from human beings in a massive uprising.
Astrophotography tends to blur the boundary between science and art. The incredible images from Hubble and JWST, for example, captivate us as much for their aesthetic beauty as for their data…
There are a number of things in the Universe that could wipe out life as we know it, but — for now, and for Earth — a blast from our galaxy's supermassive black hole isn't one of them. That's not to…
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Airbus will develop the SpainSat NG-III satellite for Hisdesat. This secure communications system, equipped with active antennas and enhanced protection, will cover a wide area stretching from…
NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future…
NGTS-39 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 1.467 Jupiters, it takes 58.2 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.3077 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
TOI-2040 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 0.781 Jupiters, it takes 3.9 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.0473 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
Gliese 48 b is a Neptune-like exoplanet that orbits a M-type star. Its mass is 8.11 Earths, it takes 39.6 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.1752 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
TOI-2049 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 1.53 Jupiters, it takes 5.3 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.06919 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
TOI-2578 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 0.526 Jupiters, it takes 3.5 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.0495 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
HAT-P-47 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 0.206 Jupiters, it takes 4.7 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.061517799310474 AU from its star. Its…
TOI-4458 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a F-type star. Its mass is 1.737 Jupiters, it takes 3.9 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.0522 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
Gaia23braL b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 1.63 Jupiters, it takes 12.1 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 4.847 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
TOI-4427 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 0.276 Jupiters, it takes 4.6 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.05389 AU from its star. Its discovery was…
Expedition 75 ended July stepping up preparations for the first of three spacewalks planned for the month of August. The International Space Station residents also wrapped up the week configuring…
Twenty five years ago a star in the constellation Puppis blew itself apart and then vanished behind a curtain of its own soot. Astronomers knew only that the explosion contained no hydrogen at all…
Curiosity spent the week continuing to climb her way through the layers of Mount Sharp, exploring the sedimentary rock strip chart of Martian history. The rover has reached a layer where the science…
A Japanese probe flew 400 meters (1,312 feet) from a near-Earth asteroid this month, marking the closest approach ever recorded for such a mission, the space agency said.
A Tokyo-based astrobiologist is using an ingenious new way to garner insight into Earth’s 3.5-billion-year-old biosphere.
NASA is planning to send two maneuverable probes to lunar orbit in order to learn how spacecraft are affected by the complex gravity environment near the moon.
WARSAW, Poland — The Spanish government announced it will allocate between 1.6 billion and 2 billion euros ($1.8 to $2.3 billion) to develop a national military satellite communications…
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TUPPER LAKE, NY— Leonardo’s Space division, including its majority stake in satellite service provider Telespazio, reported… The post Leonardo Space increased H1 revenue, EBITDA & backlog; preparing…
Geospatial intelligence provider Intermap Technologies, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining shares of Canadian software developer PCI…
Cassini, NASA’s last major mission to Saturn, famously plunged to its fiery death in the gas giant’s atmosphere at the end of its mission. It had captured more accurate in-situ data of the Saturnian…
Dig this! An expansion of a partnership is expected to help establish a Moon Base by delivering autonomous mobility and heavy-duty excavation tools for a permanent settlement on the lunar surface…
The galaxy is littered with rogue planets, worlds flung out of the systems that built them, drifting between the stars with no sun to call their own. But when a planet is torn away, does anything go…
AccelerCom has completed two engineering engagements with Eclipse Space, a sovereign satellite infrastructure company. AccelerComm supported Eclipse in defining the physical-layer architecture for…
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, July 24, 2026 Curiosity spent the week continuing to…
Every night, astronomers must carefully assess changing weather, the intensity of moonlight and shifting atmospheric conditions before deciding where to point a telescope. It's a constant balancing…
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