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Science • Jul 29

Sky-gazers can look forward to a double meteor shower peak this week. How and when to see it

A double meteor shower peak will occur this week — but sky-gazers might have a difficult time catching a glimpse of the cosmic activity.

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Science • Jul 29

A NASA rover just discovered something strange on Mars that scientists can’t explain

The Curiosity rover has been exploring the Red Planet for nearly 12 years.

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Science • Jul 29

NASA launched this spacecraft to save a space telescope. Now, it needs saving too

NASA launched the Swift Boost mission earlier this month to try and save one of its aging science observatories, but the rescue spacecraft is now...

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Science • Jul 29

Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny moon

The asteroid 44 Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but we are only now finally figuring out its weird shape and mysterious formation.

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Science • Jul 29

Rare Total Solar Eclipse-Perseid Meteor Shower Double-Header August 12th

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Science • Jul 29

NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse

On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner...

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Science • Jul 29

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures

As NASA's Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission.

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Science • Jul 29

Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble

The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has run into trouble. Katalyst Space Technologies said Tuesday that its Link...

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Science • Jul 28

Attitude control issues leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit

Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link's three reaction wheels currently are not operable."

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Science • Jul 28

Keep an Eye Out for Two Stellar Meteor Showers Peaking This Week, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids

In two days, the sky will be showcasing a double stellar spectacle. The Alpha Capricornids and the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor showers are both set to...

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Science • Jul 28

Commissioning Update for Spacecraft to Boost NASA’s Swift

Over the weekend, Katalyst's LINK servicing spacecraft experienced issues with attitude control, causing the spacecraft to spin and resulting in sporadic...

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Science • Jul 28

Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

Astronomers are poised to watch an artificial impact on the Moon, in a collision that is expected to leave a 20-30-meter (66–98-foot) crater on the lunar...

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Science • Jul 28

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit in wake of Starship test flight (video)

SpaceX launched 24 more satellites for its Starlink network on Saturday (July 25), a day after demonstrating it could do the same on its next-gen rocket.

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Science • Jul 28

Shooting stars set to streak across Singapore’s sky on July 29 and 30

SINGAPORE – Look up at the night skies on July 29 and 30, and you might just catch a glimpse of shooting stars streaking across Singapore.

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Science • Jul 28

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope nears launch ahead of ambitious mission

Skygazers will be treated to a mid-summer's treat this week, with the rise of the full buck moon.

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Science • Jul 27

Uranus is tipped so far over it does not spin like other planets so much as roll around the Sun, and the result is brutal: each pole spends about 42 years in continuous sunlight, then roughly 42 years in unbroken darkness

Uranus doesn't just experience extreme seasons—its lopsided orbit traps each pole in decades of uninterrupted darkness or light, creating weather patterns...

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Science • Jul 27

Million-year-old footprints show gender divide among our ancient relatives

Fossilised tracks show all-male group on the move, suggesting females had separate roles in the earliest hominin communities.

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Science • Jul 27

How to See the Full Buck Moon and Shooting Stars in the Sky This Week

July's full Buck Moon will adorn the night sky and glow above the horizon on Wednesday, July 29, just as two annual meteor showers approach peak activity,...

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Science • Jul 27

Europa Ice Cracks Freeze Shut in Hours, Complicating Clipper Science Plan

Europa ice shell barrier: new research shows water rising through Europa's ice fractures forms frazil ice within hours, sealing cracks and blocking ocean...

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Science • Jul 27

The 24-hour day is not fixed but slowly stretching, and in the dinosaurs' time it was shorter: the Moon's pull is gently braking Earth's spin, so a day back then ran about 23.5 hours, and far shorter deeper in the past

The Moon is slowly stealing Earth's rotational energy, making each day microscopically longer—a process that has been stretching time since the planet's...

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