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1st Portuguese spaceport could soon emerge as nation grants license for launch center in the Azores (photos)

Submit on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 04:11

Portugal’s space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nation’s first launch center in the mid-Atlantic

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Chinese astronauts beef up Tiangong space station’s debris shield during 6.5-hour spacewalk (video)

Submit on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 03:11

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than six hours outside the Tiangong space station on Friday (Aug. 15), installing a debris shield on the third spacewalk of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

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Look for Mercury in the morning sky as it hits peak distance from the sun on Aug. 19

Submit on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 02:11

Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth’s morning sky on Aug. 19.

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SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year

Submit on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 01:11

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday (Aug. 18). It was the company’s 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year.

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Fly me to the moon: 25 finalists chosen for Artemis 2 ‘zero-g indicator’

Submit on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 01:11

A panel of judges has selected the 25 finalists in NASA and Freelancer’s global contest to design a plush “zero-g indicator” to fly to the moon with the agency’s Artemis 2 astronauts.

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Think you know our solar system’s dwarf planets? Test your skills with our new quiz!

Submit on Monday, August 18th, 2025 23:11

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others!

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We’re within 3 years of reaching a critical climate threshold. Can we reverse course?

Submit on Monday, August 18th, 2025 22:11

A report published in June found that the world only has three years before it crosses the 1.5 C climate target. So what should we do now?

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Northern lights may be visible in these 15 states tonight

Submit on Monday, August 18th, 2025 21:11

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as an incoming speedy solar wind could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

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