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The Sky Today on Tuesday, July 28: Mercury appearing

Astrobitica July 28, 2026

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 27: Saturn stands...

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JWST Could Spot Volcanic “Exo-Ios” Around Super-Jupiters

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system, boasting hundreds of...

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Chang’e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon’s Far Side.

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

The samples returned by the Chang’e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon reveal that the...

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Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket’s epic Flight 13 test launch (video)

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well — and provided some amazing visuals,...

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Upper C-band auction offers another lift for GEO industry

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Satellite operators have welcomed the prospect of reaping more than $6 billion for quickly clearing upper C-band...

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Little Red Dots Could Be Ancient Globular Clusters, Each Dominated by a Super-Massive Star

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Little Red Dots are one of the mysteries uncovered by the JWST. Astronomers have been trying to...

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Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Rocket Lab is expanding its launch operations to the snowy north.The California-based company, which already flies from...

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Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Award covers mission planning software for ESS next-generation strategic communications satellites The post Sphinx Defense wins $287...

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25 years on, 2001’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ has become a bit of a guilty pleasure

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

We didn't exactly go bananas for Tim Burton's odd take on "Planet of the Apes" back in...

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A classified NRO launch and a Chinese triple-header set to launch this week

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Rocket launches this week On Wednesday, July 29, at 7:50 a.m. EDT, the state-owned China Aerospace Science...

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China catches its first reusable booster

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

On July 10, China netted a new accomplishment in its spacefaring history. The China Aerospace Science and...

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On this day in space! July 27, 1962: The 1st zero-g cosmonaut training flight took off on a Soviet jetliner

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to...

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How NASA Plans to Build the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past...

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Are we overlooking signs of alien life that aren’t technological or biological? ‘Bread would be a signature of intelligence’

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

The search for alien life has tended to focus on looking for either signs of extraterrestrial technology...

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We’ve found huge discounts on a range of ZWO astronomy cameras, including three we love

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

ZWO is well known for its Seestar smart telescopes but they also make dedicated astronomy cameras for...

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Curiosity Mars rover inspects cracked wheel | Space photo of the day for July 27, 2026

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

A photo of one of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover's wheels, taken by the rover using its Mars...

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Orbes unveils Exo-ORB and agreement with Symphony Space

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup Orbes announced an agreement July 27 to send Exo-ORB, a free-flying...

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Intel debuts new chip for space computing

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Starfire is designed to support onboard data processing and AI workloads. The post Intel debuts new chip...

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X-ray spacecraft finds supermassive black hole stirring up the ‘red potato’ galaxy: ‘There may be a cook in this cosmic kitchen’

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Using the Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have seen a supermassive black hole jet churning and "cooking" gas...

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July 27, 2005: NASA grounds the space shuttles

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

During its July 26, 2005, launch, cameras captured a large piece of foam falling from space shuttle...

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