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Space · Jul 15

Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins

"Thanks to the homeowner’s quick reaction, these are the most pristine CM1/2 meteorites we know of."

Space · Jul 15

Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins

"Our work shows that sugars can form naturally in space."

Space · Jul 15

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 launch today? (Full mission timeline)

SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission today (July 24) after delays. Here's what time it flies.

Space · Jul 15

SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit (video)

SpaceX launched Starlink satellites on a pair of Falcon 9 rockets eight hours apart from opposite coasts on July 13-14, 2026. The second launch was the 600th use of a flight-proven booster.

Space · Jul 14

Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions

"Nearby isolated white dwarfs are usually easy to find, but we couldn't see these four stars directly."

Space · Jul 14

The 1st of 10,000 'missing' black holes in the Omega Centauri star cluster has been found by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes

The first of 10,000 missing black holes in the Omega Centauri globular cluster has been found thanks to teamwork by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

Space · Jul 14

'Once Upon a Time in Space': How to watch PBS's out-of-this-world astronaut documentary

'It's like you’re going to Oz. It's glimmering, it's beautiful'

Space · Jul 14

1st-ever X-rays in space offer hope for possible patients headed to the moon

A portable X-ray device has been used successfully in orbit for the first time, promising X-ray diagnosis of everything from broken bones to ripped spacesuits and damaged satellites.

Space · Jul 14

This cosmic 'lighthouse' is blazing a magnetic trail through the Milky Way

For the first time, astronomers have directly mapped the magnetic field surrounding one of the Milky Way's most unusual pulsars, confirming a decades-old prediction about how particles stream away from the rapidly spinning stellar corpse.

Space · Jul 14