Galaxy Mergers Aren’t Always Obvious

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Mergers are a part of a galaxy’s life in this Universe. Though clear signs of these mergers...

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China releases 1st photo of Earth’s elusive ‘quasi-moon’ Kamo’oalewa

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China's first-ever asteroid sampling mission has sent home a picture of its first target, the "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa.The...

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SpaceX launches Transporter-17 amid concerns about rideshare program’s future

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SpaceX launched the latest in its Transporter series of rideshare missions July 7 as industry concerns about...

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South Pole Telescope analysis releases new catalog of more than 7,000 galaxy clusters

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Researchers working with data from the South Pole Telescope have released a major catalog of galaxy clusters,...

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‘That’s going to come back and bite us’: Former NASA chief questions Artemis moon lander plans

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The former head of NASA is questioning the agency's plans to return astronauts to the moon, asking...

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JWST reveals Roasted Planet’s extreme heat

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New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations reveal that the so-called “Roasted Planet” is getting cooked by...

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Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2026

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NASA astronaut Chris Williams flexes his muscles while on a spacewalk in this image snapped by fellow...

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Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth

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How do you stop a large, threatening asteroid on its way to Earth? A new Chinese paper,...

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July 7, 2003: Opportunity launches

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Following in the wheelmarks of Sojourner (NASA’s first Mars rover, which landed on Mars in 1997), Spirit...

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JWST finds the most distant barred galaxy candidate in the early universe

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified what may be the most distant barred spiral...

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Simera Sense to provide imagers for Canary Islands constellation

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Belgium’s Simera Sense has won a contract to provide multispectral imagers for a small constellation being designed...

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Isotopic signatures link hot spring magmatic water to the subducting Pacific Plate

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Water flowing from hot springs near volcanoes often contains a mixture of meteoric water that has percolated...

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SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite

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The world's first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite has reached orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The...

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New beetle genus named after One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species

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A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in...

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SpaceX satellite wins test Pentagon’s commitment to competition

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As the military rushes to deploy proliferated networks, SpaceX’s dominance is attracting congressional scrutiny The post SpaceX...

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It’s disturbingly easy to trick AI into seeing aliens, say researchers

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Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious “extraterrestrial” radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets. Things...

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The sun’s atmosphere is way hotter than its surface. Scientists may finally know why

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The mystery of how the sun's corona, which is its outer atmosphere, reaches millions of degrees could...

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Bacteria discovered with the ability to jettison cells as a survival mechanism

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Popular science fiction is no stranger to escape-pod scenarios, typically featuring characters who narrowly avoid their demise...

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Isar Aerospace signs agreement for Canadian launch site

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Isar Aerospace has signed a contract to develop a Canadian launch site for its Spectrum rocket, an...

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The Sky Today on Tuesday, July 7: The Moon, Saturn, and Neptune

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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 6: Catch the...

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