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The best Fourth of July and early Amazon Prime Day space tech deals on the market

These are our picks of the best space tech deals you can get ahead of Fourth of July and Amazon Prime Day with offers on telescopes, star projectors and more.

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New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today

3I/ATLAS is the third-ever interstellar object discovered.

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Earth is farthest from the sun today. So why is it so hot?

Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.?

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See Mercury at greatest elongation, its farthest from the sun in the evening sky this week

The rocky world will be visible for a brief window after sunset.

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'52 Assignments: Night Photography': A Q&A with author and astrophotographer Josh Dury

"…are we potentially the last generation that will see the night's sky in its entirety?"

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Climate satellite MethaneSAT backed by Bezos and Google fails in space after just 1 year

MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's largest industrial contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. Now, without power, the spacecraft's mission has abruptly ended.

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The secret of why Mars grew cold and dry may be locked away in its rocks

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked up in rocks.

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Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own parent stars by being too clingy.

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Former astronaut Terry Virts talks about his Senate run, Trump and the NASA budget in exclusive Space.com interview (video)

Space.com sat down recently with retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts to talk about space, politics and his run in Texas for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA's Perseverance rover

Our Red Planet explorers may encounter a peculiar threat.

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SpaceX rocket sets reuse record on 500th Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit today (July 2), on the 500th Falcon 9 rocket launch in the company's history.

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Northern lights may be visible in these 13 US states tonight as the sun hurls solar storm toward Earth

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

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Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing space-lovers with stunning eye-candy.

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Hubble Telescope finds stellar nursery in Taurus Molecular Cloud | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2025

The space telescope spied three young stars in the nebula.

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SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUMETSAT today (July 1), then came back down to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

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James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how the Milky Way and other modern galaxies evolved.

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An enormous 'X' and 'V' will grace the moon's surface on July 2. Here's how to see them

The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.

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Australia's first orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris-1, to launch July 2 after nose cone glitch

The Australian company Gilmour Space is back at the launch pad with its Eris-1 rocket, preparing for the country's first orbital launch on July 2.

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US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says

American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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NASA's Curiosity rover takes a closer look at 'spiderwebs' on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025

The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.

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Astonishing 'halo' of high-energy particles around giant galaxy cluster is a glimpse into the early universe

A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black holes or a cosmic particle accelerator.

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