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Archive for August 14th, 2025

Discovery of 250 ‘mini galaxies’ could help scientists pin down the nature of dark matter

August 14th, 2025 by me

Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.

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Trump signs executive order to boost commercial space — and shift NASA’s balance of power

August 14th, 2025 by me

The executive order directs multiple federal agencies to streamline launch licensing, fast-track spaceport construction and better support emerging in-space industries.

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Blue Origin pitches new ‘Mars Telecommunications Orbiter’ for Red Planet missions (video)

August 14th, 2025 by me

Blue Origin has used its Blue Ring spacecraft platform to develop the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, which the company says could aid future NASA missions to the Red Planet.

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I tried to image the Veil Nebula but accidentally got an ‘Alien’ Xenomorph (photo)

August 14th, 2025 by me

As ‘Alien: Earth’ hits screens, the night sky delivers a cameo from the franchise’s iconic villain.

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SpaceX sends 28 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 flight from Florida (video)

August 14th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

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SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025

August 14th, 2025 by me

SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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Why Kirk’s main character energy is bad news for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

August 14th, 2025 by me

The future captain of the Enterprise eclipses his co-stars every time he appears in “Strange New Worlds.”

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Don’t miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17

August 14th, 2025 by me

The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17.

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