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Canada's 1st commercial spaceport is officially under construction. When will it open for launches?

Canada's first commercial rocket launch is set for liftoff as early as the end of August as NordSpace begins building its new spaceport on the country's east coast.

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X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.

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Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effects

Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send 75 mice and other specimens on a monthlong mission to Earth orbit.

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NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep space

NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles farther into space cheaply and efficiently.

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What if we've been thinking about dark matter all wrong, scientist wonders

Two exotic new theories suggest dark matter could be either made from tiny black holes or formed by Hawking radiation at the cosmic horizon.

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Was in cooked in space? A space food-themed quiz!

In this quiz, you’ll explore the weird, wonderful, and sometimes surprising world of space cuisine. Can you tell which foods have actually made it to orbit?

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SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025

SpaceX's Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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Why Kirk's main character energy is bad news for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'

The future captain of the Enterprise eclipses his co-stars every time he appears in "Strange New Worlds."

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Don't miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17

The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17.

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I tried to image the Veil Nebula but accidentally got an 'Alien' Xenomorph (photo)

As 'Alien: Earth' hits screens, the night sky delivers a cameo from the franchise's iconic villain.

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SpaceX sends 28 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 flight from Florida (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

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Trump signs executive order to boost commercial space — and shift NASA's balance of power

The executive order directs multiple federal agencies to streamline launch licensing, fast-track spaceport construction and better support emerging in-space industries.

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Blue Origin pitches new 'Mars Telecommunications Orbiter' for Red Planet missions (video)

Blue Origin has used its Blue Ring spacecraft platform to develop the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, which the company says could aid future NASA missions to the Red Planet.

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Discovery of 250 'mini galaxies' could help scientists pin down the nature of dark matter

Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.

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US Space Force's new deep space radar tracks multiple satellites 22,000 miles away in key test

The U.S. Space Force's powerful new military radar system designed to detect and track objects in distant orbits above Earth has passed an initial key test.

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TRAPPIST-1d isn't the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data

As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.

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NASA's new sun-studying mission 'PUNCH' attains its final form in Earth orbit

The four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH mission have successfully locked in place in Earth orbit.

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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Recently, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a U.S. reactor would be operational on the moon by 2030.

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Hidden fault beneath Canada could trigger massive earthquake after 12,000 years of silence

Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada's Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake.

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Trailblazing women in space quiz: Can you name the first five female astronauts in space?

This quiz tests your knowledge of which female astronauts broke barriers and reached for the stars.

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China launches 8th batch of satellites for 13,000-strong internet megaconstellation (video)

A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China's Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

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