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July 31, 2026
The post APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad appeared first on NASA Science .
The post APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad appeared first on NASA Science .
Raging wildfires disrupted summer in Spain and France amid sweltering heat waves and prolonged drought. The post Destructive Fires Char Western Europe appeared first on NASA Science .
The planet Mercury is the first planet from the Sun but also one shrouded in mystery. This is primarily due to the limited number of spacecrafts that have visited it, but this limited data has…
NASA has spent decades accomplishing what many thought was impossible: landing astronauts on the Moon, exploring the outer planets, and building some of the most advanced spacecraft. But today, one…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. L&T Precision Engineering and Systems Satellite Assembly & Integration Facility at PMSC, Coimbatore.The facility is designed for... The post L&T…
NASA may send an engineering test of the Perseverance rover to the Moon, but at what price?
The formation and evolution of individual stars in a galaxy shape the evolution of the galaxy itself. Stars and stellar remnants make up the vast majority of a galaxy's mass, so it's not surprising…
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NASA declined again today to indicate when the next Starliner flight will take place. The agency and Boeing agreed after problems encountered with the 2024 Crewed Flight Test that the […]
As companies develop large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is the time to start thinking about some critical space safety topics and rules of the road. The post…
Cislunar space has become the focal point of considerable interest and strategic planning because of the many proposed missions to send crews to the moon in the next decade. These include NASA's…
July 30, 2026
There's a nice kind of irony buried in this story: One of the most sensitive instruments ever built, capable of measuring distortions smaller than the width of a proton, has been quietly held back…
<p><abbr tabindex="0" title="European Union Agency for the Space Programme" class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">EUSPA</abbr> participated at Airspace World 2026 in Lisbon together with fellow…
<p>Oscilloquartz has integrated Galileo’s <abbr tabindex="0" title="Open Service Navigation Message Authentication service" class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">OSNMA</abbr> authentication into…
<p>A year after the Galileo <abbr tabindex="0" title="Open Service Navigation Message Authentication service" class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">OSNMA</abbr> authentication service was declared…
<p>As July brings renewed heatwaves and temperatures above 40 °C in southern Europe, Copernicus Sentinel-3 data show how space-based observations support decisions on extreme heat and climate…
Galaxies in the infancy of the Universe are the building blocks of more modern galaxies. They began as small "shreds" of material that coalesced over time to form larger ones. That's why astronomers…
A Collection of Hubble Nebula Images The post Hubble’s Nebulae appeared first on NASA Science .
The FAA, facing a backlog in demand for space missions, is proposing to cut down on environmental reviews to accelerate launches and re-entries.
The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf…
ESA's reusable rocket stage demonstrator carried out its first 'wet dress rehearsal', or fuelling and launch test, on the launch pad at the Esrange Space Center in Sweden on 23 July…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 30, 2026) – Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW; “Redwire” or “the Company”) today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026…
New analysis of observations taken in 2024 confirm a stellar companion for Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion. The post New Images Confirm: Betelgeuse Has a Companion appeared first on Sky &…
Expedition 75 is gearing up for a busy August with three spacewalks planned at the International Space Station. The orbital residents are also printing living cells and tissues and studying how to…
