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Archive for July, 2025

SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea (photos)

July 2nd, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUMETSAT today (July 1), then came back down to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

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James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy

July 2nd, 2025 by me

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how the Milky Way and other modern galaxies evolved.

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An enormous ‘X’ and ‘V’ will grace the moon’s surface on July 2. Here’s how to see them

July 2nd, 2025 by me

The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.

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Australia’s first orbital rocket, Gilmour Space’s Eris-1, to launch July 2 after nose cone glitch

July 2nd, 2025 by me

The Australian company Gilmour Space is back at the launch pad with its Eris-1 rocket, preparing for the country’s first orbital launch on July 2.

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US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says

July 1st, 2025 by me

American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Astonishing ‘halo’ of high-energy particles around giant galaxy cluster is a glimpse into the early universe

July 1st, 2025 by me

A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black holes or a cosmic particle accelerator.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover takes a closer look at ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025

July 1st, 2025 by me

The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.

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‘This is the holy grail of theoretical physics.’ Is the key to quantum gravity hiding in this new way to make black holes?

July 1st, 2025 by me

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of “quantum gravity”, the “holy grail” of physics.

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