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Europe Ariane 6 rocket launches a weather satelliteWashington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2025 Europe's Ariane 6 rocket sent a weather and climate satellite to orbit on Tuesday night. ... more  
ULA launches USSF-106 for US Space Force aboard Vulcan rocketLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have completed the first National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission aboard a Vulcan VC4S rocket. Liftoff occurr ... more  
NASA partners with US companies to assess orbit boost for Swift ObservatoryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 NASA is working with two American firms to study the feasibility of raising the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's orbit, potentially extending its mission life and demonstrating new spacecraft servic ... more  
Meet IDEA: An AI assistant to help geoscientists explore Earth and beyondManoa HI (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A new artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa is making it easier for scientists to explore complex geoscience data-from tracking sea levels ... more |
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Planets without water could still produce certain liquidsBoston MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Water is essential for life on Earth. So, the liquid must be a requirement for life on other worlds. For decades, scientists' definition of habitability on other planets has rested on this assumptio ... more  
NASA to unveil last piece of hardware for the Artemis II Orion missionWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 NASA is ready to show off its final piece of space flight hardware for the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission. ... more  
Chilean project aims to be at forefront of theoretical astrophysicsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 Chile's the CiELO project is opening new frontiers in the study of how galaxies form and evolve, positioning the country as a leader in computational astrophysics in Latin America. ... more 
NASA launches second phase of moon recycling competitionWashington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2025 NASA is launching the second phase of its moon recycling competition to clean up trash in space. ... more |
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SpaceX launches Amazon Kuiper satellites in 100th 2025 missionWashington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2025 SpaceX on Monday launched two dozen Kuiper Internet satellites into orbit Monday on its 100th mission of 2025. ... more |
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Martian fractures reveal ancient forces and icy flowsParis, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 In a new release from the European Space Agency, Mars Express has revisited the western end of Acheron Fossae, a striking system of deep fissures on Mars shaped by ancient geological upheaval and la ... more 
Perseverance Rover Delivers Most Detailed Mars Panorama YetLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 NASA's Perseverance rover has produced one of its clearest panoramas to date, revealing a striking view of the Martian landscape from a site known as Falbreen. The mosaic, built from 96 images taken ... more  
US French satellite SWOT captures Kamchatka tsunami in unprecedented detailLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Data from a joint NASA and CNES mission has provided valuable insights to refine tsunami forecasting models, potentially improving coastal safety worldwide. The Surface Water and Ocean Topogra ... more 
NASA contracts Impulse Space for studies on cost effective orbital transfer solutionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 NASA has chosen Impulse Space to prepare two orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) service studies aimed at identifying more affordable ways to deliver spacecraft to challenging orbital destinations. The w ... more |
 
Early Earth may have had active plate tectonics far sooner than thoughtParis, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Researchers investigating the Hadean Eon, which lasted from 4.6 to 4.0 billion years ago, have uncovered signs that plate tectonics began far earlier than widely assumed. The era started with Earth' ... more  |
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Comet debris signs found in Baffin Bay sediments linked to Younger Dryas coolingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Analysis of Baffin Bay ocean sediments has uncovered geochemical evidence consistent with debris from a comet that may have triggered the Younger Dryas cooling event 12,800 years ago. Christopher Mo ... more 
SpaceX agrees to take Italian experiments to MarsWashington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to carry Italian experiments on its Starship megarocket during planned future missions to Mars, according to a new deal announced on Thursday. ... more 
Super alcohol discovery reveals potential building block of cosmic lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Researchers have successfully synthesized methanetetrol for the first time, unveiling a highly unstable molecule that could serve as a foundational component in the search for extraterrestrial life. ... more 
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and MarsWashington (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade. ... more |
 
SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trendsParis, France (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 Data from ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission is shedding new light on the global carbon cycle by enabling scientists to track how much carbon is stored in forest biomass ... more 
ULA Vulcan rocket achieves liftoff in national security launchWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 United Launch Alliance successfully launched one of its Vulcan Centaur rockets into orbit on Tuesday, demonstrating the viability of a newly developed technology for the U.S. military's space capabilities. ... more  
Intuitive Machines to Acquire KinetX Expanding Role in Deep Space Navigation and Mars Relay ServicesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Intuitive Machines has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arizona-based KinetX, an aerospace company with more than three decades of experience in deep space navigation, systems engineering, g ... more  
Comet water analysis strengthens link to Earth originsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 New research using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has revealed that water in comet 12P/Pons-Brooks closely matches the composition of Earth's oceans, bolstering theories tha ... more |
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NASA opens next round in Moon recycling challengeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 NASA has launched Phase 2 of its LunaRecycle Challenge, inviting U.S. innovators to create systems for recycling trash generated during deep space missions. The goal is to convert materials such as ... more 
Slow Spinning Dark Matter Halos May Create Early Universe Little Red DotsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian propose that rare, slow-spinning dark matter halos could explain the compact and bright early galaxies known as little red dots. ... more 
Origins of giant black holes linked to first stars and early universe light burstsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A new model from University of Virginia astrophysicist Jonathan Tan offers a unified explanation for how supermassive black holes form and how early cosmic ionization occurred. These colossal object ... more 
Early galaxies - or something else? Mizzou scientists uncover mysterious objects in the universeColumbia MO (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JW ... more |
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Chemists Help Solve Mystery of Missing Space SulfurOxford MS (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 For decades, astrochemists have been looking for sulfur atoms in space and finding surprisingly little of the element that is a key ingredient to life. A new study could point to where it has been h ... more |
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Planetary alignment may dampen Sun magnetic activityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Our Sun appears to be unusually calm compared with other sunlike stars, showing magnetic activity levels about five times lower. Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) suggest th ... more 
Roman mission to map universe expansion using time domain sky surveyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will dedicate about three-quarters of its five-year primary mission to three community-designed core surveys. One, the High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey, will ... more 
Milky Way collision path mirrored in distant galaxy pairSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A University of Queensland-led survey has found that two distant spiral galaxies show how the Milky Way may look billions of years from now as it moves toward merging with its neighbors. Dr Sa ... more 
Magnetic field mapping in Sagittarius C reveals new clues to Milky Way core dynamicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 The complex and turbulent Galactic Center has long challenged astronomers attempting to model its underlying physics. Now, new measurements of the magnetic field in Sagittarius C, a region within th ... more |
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