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NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world

June 30th, 2025 by me

With the aid of NASA’s exoplanet-hunter TESS, citizen scientists have discovered a new gas giant that is cool, literally and figuratively.

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‘Apollo 13’ at 30: the space movie where scientists have the right stuff too

June 30th, 2025 by me

Ron Howard’s classic celebrates the mission control geniuses who got the astronauts home.

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NASA budget cuts threaten Europe’s already troubled flagship Mars rover

June 30th, 2025 by me

An illustration of Europe’s planned Rosalind Franklin rover on the surface of Mars.

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Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space

June 29th, 2025 by me

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

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‘War of the Worlds’ at 20: Steven Spielberg made three-quarters of an apocalyptic classic

June 29th, 2025 by me

Spielberg’s contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he could have nailed the ending.

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New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires

June 29th, 2025 by me

Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

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How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?

June 29th, 2025 by me

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.

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Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

June 29th, 2025 by me

Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life

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