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Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater

Submit on Friday, August 1st, 2025 01:11

A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites.

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SpaceX, NASA scrub Crew-11 astronaut launch due to weather (video)

Submit on Friday, August 1st, 2025 00:11

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA just a minute before liftoff today (July 31) after clouds intruded.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will launch next space tourism mission on Aug. 3

Submit on Friday, August 1st, 2025 00:11

Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (Aug. 3) for the launch of its next suborbital tourism mission, which will send crypto billionaire Justin Sun and five other people to the final frontier.

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Venus reaches its highest point in the eastern predawn sky on Aug. 1: Here’s how to see it

Submit on Thursday, July 31st, 2025 21:11

Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1.

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Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form

Submit on Thursday, July 31st, 2025 21:11

The Sculptor galaxy is a treasure trove of information that astronomers around the world cannot wait to pick apart.

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Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is the Enterprise’s real interstellar ladies’ man

Submit on Thursday, July 31st, 2025 20:11

Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but “Strange New Worlds” has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan’s surprisingly complicated love life

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ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025

Submit on Thursday, July 31st, 2025 20:11

A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star

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New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

Submit on Thursday, July 31st, 2025 19:11

Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.

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