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Archive for July, 2025

A doomed exoplanet is caught in a ‘death spiral’ around its star. Can it survive?

July 18th, 2025 by me

A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.

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Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?

July 18th, 2025 by me

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.

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What’s the deal with Lex Luthor’s pocket universe in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’?

July 18th, 2025 by me

Superman is full of awesome sci-fi elements, but the most fascinating one might be Lex Luthor’s pocket dimension. How does that even work?

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Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)

July 18th, 2025 by me

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a “simulated moon underground space.”

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Europe working to launch ‘Invictus’ hypersonic space plane by 2031 (video)

July 18th, 2025 by me

The European Space Agency is funding the development of a hypersonic space plane pathfinder, which will start flying by 2031, if all goes according to plan.

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2 billion-year-old moon rock found in Africa reveals secret lunar history

July 18th, 2025 by me

The basaltic meteorite is a piece of lunar rock that formed in a lava flow 2.35 billion years ago, long after volcanism on the moon was supposed to have ended.

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A vast shadow will sweep over Saturn’s cloud tops early on July 18: Here’s how to see it

July 18th, 2025 by me

Titan shadow transit seasons occurs just once every 15 years.

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong on Una and La’an living their best lives in Season 3 (exclusive)

July 17th, 2025 by me

‘It’s fun to see Una come down on someone. We don’t get to see that very often.’

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