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Science • Jul 22

Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star

Brown dwarfs occupy the mass regime between planets and stars. In systems containing both a star and a substellar companion (be it a brown dwarf or an...

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Science • Jul 22

The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef

Large genome databases have markedly improved our understanding of marine microorganisms1–5. Although these resources have focused on prokaryotes,...

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Science • Jul 22

Brown bullhead catfish melanoma represents a novel transmissible cancer

Since 2012, brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in a lake that spans Vermont, USA, and Quebec, Canada, have shown a high rate of melanomas,...

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Science • Jul 22

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft awakens from yearlong hibernation to do unprecedented science beyond Pluto

NASA's record-breaking New Horizons spacecraft has awoken from a 321-day hibernation in "good health" as it resumes unprecedented science at the solar...

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Science • Jul 22

SpaceX’s Latest Growth Opportunity Isn’t About Starship. And It Isn’t Helping the Stock.

SpaceX completes a lot of missions for other companies interested in space, too. Those launches are another growth opportunity.

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Science • Jul 22

Astronomers think they've discovered a giant moon in another star system

Astronomers are homing in on a distant realm where the lines between star, planet, and moon are blurred. Researchers have recently discovered that something...

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Science • Jul 22

Ancient collision with the Gaia Sausage dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago may have flipped the Milky Way by more than 90 degrees, astronomers say

Science News: A dramatic collision between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy around 10 billion years ago may have completely changed the orientation of our...

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Science • Jul 22

50 years after Viking landed on Mars, Lockheed Martin plans for next steps to Red Planet

FIfty years after the Viking missions landed on Mars, Lockheed Martin is planning for the next steps to the Red Planet.

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Science • Jul 22

Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites lifts off

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. July 22, 2026 – A DARPA-SpaceLogistics partnership launched the first privately owned, operational in-space...

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Science • Jul 22

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

Research identifies 808585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362802 different viruses.

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Science • Jul 22

Falcon 9 Upper Stage Hits Moon Aug. 5: Set Your Alarm for Rare Lunar Impact

SpaceX moon impact 2026: a spent Falcon 9 upper stage will strike the lunar surface near Einstein Crater on August 5 at 2:34 AM ET.

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Science • Jul 22

Volcanoes Started Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ This Unexpected Plant Made It Worse

Sometimes, the most unexpected combinations can drive the worst natural disasters.

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Science • Jul 22

Hillsboro police seek tips after bronze vases stolen from Fir Lawn Cemetery graves

Hillsboro police say about 80 bronze vases were stolen from graves at Fir Lawn Cemetery, reported July 20. The 10-inch, 10-pound vases are family memorials.

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Science • Jul 22

A Google Maps search may have uncovered an ancient meteorite crater

What began as a search for hiking routes on Google Maps ended with the possible discovery of what researchers say may one of the largest meteorite impact...

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Science • Jul 22

NASA’s Psyche probe snaps new Mars photos on its way to asteroid

The probe used the planet's gravity to pick up speed on its journey to a metal-rich asteroid, but NASA also took the opportunity to grab photos of Mars'...

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Science • Jul 22

A SpaceX Rocket Part Is Expected to Smack Into the Moon in August, Highlighting the Growing Problem of Space Junk

Something is about to smack into the moon—and no, it's not asteroid 2024 YR4. It's a part of a SpaceX rocket. And while the impact won't directly cause harm...

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Science • Jul 22

A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Crash Into the Moon Next Month. Here's What You Should Know

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been stuck in a highly elliptical orbit for months, and in August, it's due to smash into the Moon.

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Science • Jul 22

Astronomers Discover the First Known Moon Outside our Solar System—and What a Moon it Is

Humans have been observing distant stars since antiquity. Distant planets, however, have been a different matter. It was not until 1992 that the first...

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Science • Jul 22

Scientists Finally Found the Universe’s Missing ‘Ordinary’ Matter

Two mysteries come together to address a decades-long puzzle.

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Science • Jul 22

‘A hard thing to understand’: 80 vases stolen from Hillsboro cemetery, police say

Hillsboro Police Department is searching for suspects behind the theft of 80 bronze vases from Lawn Fir Memorial Park in Hillsboro, Oregon.

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