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Astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA after 25 years

Astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore is leaving NASA after a quarter-century of service. Wilmore spent a total of 464 days off Earth during his three spaceflights.

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairings, containing 24 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites, rolls out of Amazon’s payload processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility on Monday, Aug. 5, 2025. The satellites will launch on the KF-02 mission, the second Falcon 9 flight carrying these broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. Image: Amazon

Amazon is back at the launch pad once again with more of its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites. The tech giant is getting a lift to space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday.

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Quantum physics protects videos from prying eyes and tampering

Today's encryption works well, until tomorrow's quantum computers arrive.

UK launching new rocket engine test lab on picturesque peninsula immortalized by Paul McCartney song

A picturesque Scottish peninsula immortalized in a hit Paul McCartney song from the 1970s will host a new U.K. rocket development hub.

Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch 1st national security mission on Aug. 12

United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch its first-ever national security mission on Aug. 12, if all goes according to plan.

Solar Powered Moon Brick Factory Could Build Future Lunar Cities

Chinese scientists have developed a remarkable machine that could revolutionize how humans build structures on the Moon. The device works like a 3D printer powered by concentrated sunlight, turning lunar soil (known as regolith) into strong construction bricks without needing any materials from Earth.

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See Venus Meet Jupiter in the Dawn Sky

The coming week offers a chance to see a close pass of the two brightest planets in the sky.

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What Cosmic Dust Can Reveal About Earth's Early Atmosphere

The evolution of Earth's atmosphere is a major area of study. It's primal atmosphere consisted of hydrogen and helium accumulated from the solar nebula. That atmosphere was lost to space, replaced by the products of volcanic outgassing and asteroid and comet impacts. Eventually, free oxygen accumulated and the planet's atmosphere began to appear more like the current atmosphere. That took billions of years.

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Dwarf Galaxies Like the Magellanic Clouds Have Their Own Small Satellite Galaxies

Understanding the growth and evolution of galaxies is a critical part of cosmology. We know that massive galaxies like our own Milky Way grew over time by cannibalizing and merging with smaller satellite galaxies. That could be what's happening right now with the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, as they're being tidally disrupted by the Milky Way.

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'We want to get there first and claim that for America': NASA chief explains push for nuclear reactor on the moon (video)

Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy says his plan to put a nuclear reactor on the moon is part of his plain to "get there first and claim that for America."

'Destroy All Humans!' declared war on humanity 10 years ago, and we're still waiting for another good sequel

The only Crypto we care about is the mischievous extraterrestrial seeking world domination.

Artemis 2 moon astronauts suit up and enter their Orion spacecraft together for 1st time

The four crewmembers of NASA's Artemis 2 mission donned their launch suits to conduct their first suited crew test together at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on July 31.

Exotic 'lava worlds' are a hot new frontier in exoplanet science

Thanks to groundbreaking models and the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are poised to explore their mysterious evolution and reveal clues about planetary formation across the galaxy.

Manipulate the power of the Infinity Stones with 42% savings on the Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet set

The incredibly detailed and stunning-looking Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet set has a massive 42% off at Amazon.

China wants to return samples from Mars. Will there be any international cooperation?

International oversight would reduce risks, but could be "a politically sensitive and contentious matter."

Curiosity rover celebrates 13 years on Mars with well-deserved naps and Red Planet 'coral'

Thirteen years into its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover is still uncovering Martian mysteries while learning to do more with less.

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 launch

Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package – is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August 2025 at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).

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Meteor lights up West Virginia night sky | Space photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

The shooting star was part of the Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers.

First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit

ESA’s Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for planetary defence.

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Solar eruption from Earth-facing sunspot could trigger northern lights Aug. 8 (video)

The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.

Six Of Ingenuity's Successors Could Be Exploring Mars In 4 Years

Ingenuity marked a number of milestones in space exploration. Arguably most importantly, it proved that powered flight was possible on another planet. However, it did have some limitations, such as being tied to the Perseverance rover and there only being one copy of the helicopter itself. AV Inc, one of the sub-contractors for Ingenuity, hopes to fix those problems with a proposed new mission called Skyfall that would involve six helicopters and no rover.

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