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Our Milky Way galaxy may be surrounded by 100 undetected ‘orphan’ galaxies

July 16th, 2025 by me

New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint “orphan” galaxy companions.

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NASA’s sci-fi-looking X-59 feels the supersonic wind blow in test tunnel | Space photo of the day for July 16, 2025

July 16th, 2025 by me

NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel to measure the noise underneath the jet.

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Colossal eruption carves 250,000-mile-long ‘canyon of fire’ into the sun (video)

July 16th, 2025 by me

A massive filament eruption carved a 250,000-mile-long “canyon of fire” into the sun — and sent a CME sailing into space.

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If aliens existed on Mars 3.7 billion years ago, they would have needed umbrellas

July 16th, 2025 by me

“Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now.”

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Why is the moon’s far side so weird? China’s lunar sample-return mission may have figured it out

July 16th, 2025 by me

The impact that carved out the moon’s huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar near and far sides.

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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California

July 16th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 15, 2025.

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The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan

July 16th, 2025 by me

New research indicates that cellular “pockets” that are the first step toward protocells, the precursors of life, could form in the methane seas of Saturn’s moon Titan.

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Watch SpaceX launch the 3rd batch of satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper megaconstellation early on July 16

July 16th, 2025 by me

SpaceX plans to launch 24 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites early Wednesday morning (July 16), the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 liftoff.

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