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One of the best occultations of the Pleiades by the Moon transpires on the morning of the 20th.
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Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA's Chandra spacecraft: 'The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great'
Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.
A lunar eclipse steals the show in a colorful sky | Space photo of the day for July 18, 2025
A lunar eclipse was seen over the U.S. Naval Observatory Deep South Telescope in Chile.
NASA workers plan 'Moon Day' protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. 'This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.'
Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.
Who is Dr Roger Korby? A brief history of Christine Chapel's new boyfriend in 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'
Dr Korby once crossed paths with Kirk's Enterprise, though he was a very different man at the time…
New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well
When the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) flew past our Moon in August 2024, its Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) instrument listened to radio wave echoes to reveal the height of the lunar surface.
A doomed exoplanet is caught in a 'death spiral' around its star. Can it survive?
A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 18 – 27
The waning crescent Moon joins Venus and Jupiter at dawn. In the dark of night, the Guardians of the Pole are no such things, except they are. And thereby hangs a tale. . .
Earth from Space: Circles in the desert
Image: This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.
Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?
Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.
What's the deal with Lex Luthor's pocket universe in James Gunn's 'Superman'?
Superman is full of awesome sci-fi elements, but the most fascinating one might be Lex Luthor's pocket dimension. How does that even work?
Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)
China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a "simulated moon underground space."
Ancient Astronomers
ere’s an overview of Ancient Astronomers and their key contributions to early astronomy:
Europe working to launch 'Invictus' hypersonic space plane by 2031 (video)
The European Space Agency is funding the development of a hypersonic space plane pathfinder, which will start flying by 2031, if all goes according to plan.
A Rare Object Found Deep in the Kuiper Belt
Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still mysterious. Not much sunlight pierces these regions, and there are strong hints that undiscovered objects lurk there. The objects that astronomers have discovered in these dim reaches are primordial, and their orbits suggest the presence of more undiscovered objects. Piecing it all together is a challenge.
2 billion-year-old moon rock found in Africa reveals secret lunar history
The basaltic meteorite is a piece of lunar rock that formed in a lava flow 2.35 billion years ago, long after volcanism on the moon was supposed to have ended.
A vast shadow will sweep over Saturn's cloud tops early on July 18: Here's how to see it
Titan shadow transit seasons occurs just once every 15 years.
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds': Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong on Una and La'an living their best lives in Season 3 (exclusive)
'It's fun to see Una come down on someone. We don't get to see that very often.'
China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)
China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.
