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Archive for July 22nd, 2025

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun will fly on Blue Origin’s next space tourism launch

July 22nd, 2025 by me

Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, is one of the six people who will fly to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s next tourist mission.

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Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time

July 22nd, 2025 by me

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21).

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SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff

July 22nd, 2025 by me

SpaceX aborted the planned launch of two of SES’ O3b mPOWER communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). The company will try again tomorrow (July 22).

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‘Chaos’ reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

July 22nd, 2025 by me

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter’s moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon’s interior.

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Eclipse chasers share insider tips, travel advice and skywatching secrets for the 2026 total solar eclipse

July 22nd, 2025 by me

Our expert travel guide to the 2026 total solar eclipse in Greenland, Iceland and Spain is packed with insider tips, travel advice and skywatching secrets from seasoned eclipse chasers.

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This new ‘CosmoCube’ moon orbiter could eavesdrop on whispers from the early universe

July 22nd, 2025 by me

U.K. scientists plan to send a small spacecraft to the moon’s far side to detect faint radio signals emitted shortly after the Big Bang.

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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)

July 22nd, 2025 by me

NASA recently took its new X-59 “quiet’ supersonic jet for a drive during taxi tests, one of the final hurdles between the aircraft and its first flight.

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These 3 popular skywatching star clusters may be branches of the same family tree

July 22nd, 2025 by me

The Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Hyades open clusters could represent the different phases of star clusters: baby, adolescent and elderly.

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