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Meteor lights up West Virginia night sky | Space photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

Submit on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 19:11

The shooting star was part of the Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers.

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‘The threat has evolved’: Humanity faces the ultimate apex aliens in stunning new ‘Invasion’ season 3 trailer (video)

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Apple TV+’s absorbing sci-fi series intensifies as our heroes enter the alien mothership starting Aug. 22.

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An icy supervolcano eruption on Pluto may have left a massive crater on the frozen world

Submit on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 17:11

The caldera may have blasted out its cryomagma in a single explosive event, or it may have spread its eruptions over time.

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Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought, new study finds

Submit on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 05:11

Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.

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NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon’s south pole

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NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to the moon’s south pole.

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NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030

Submit on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 03:11

NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon, aiming to establish such a power outpost by 2030, according to Politico.

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NASA declares troubled Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter dead

Submit on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 02:11

NASA has stopped trying to revive its Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter, which went dark a day after its Feb. 26 launch.

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Space junk cleanup tech that could ‘shepherd’ debris into Earth’s atmosphere gets US patent

Submit on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 01:11

The Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale has unveiled a patent for what it describes as a new method for space debris removal.

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