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New Cloud-Detecting Method Will Help Astronomers Characterize Exoplanets

Astronomers have developed a technique that allows them to detect cloud cycles on distant exoplanets. Using data from the James Webb…

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HASC NDAA markup challenges Space Force on satellite programs

House Armed Services Committee seeks to preserve a missile-warning satellite program the Pentagon wants to cancel. It also criticizes a…

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Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: ‘We were not looking for the gap, but we found it’

Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf…

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NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Boeing assembles a composite aircraft fuselage section in one of…

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Even Without A Magnetosphere, Mars Can Still Deflect Some Solar Wind

New research shows how unmagnetized worlds like Mars can still deflect some of the Sun's solar wind. Unlike magnetospheres that…

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August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% ‘blood moon’

A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best…

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SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.

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NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and…

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The Unexpected Brightness ‘Gap’ in an Ancient Globular Cluster

Scientists using the Euclid space telescope found a red-dwarf brightness “gap” in the population of a globular cluster—an ancient, crowded…

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12 of the weirdest ‘Masters of the Universe’ characters

By the power of… what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were…

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