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Earth will spin faster on July 22 to create 2nd-shortest day in history

Submit on Monday, July 21st, 2025 17:11

Our planet has been rotating at its fastest since records began in 1973.

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South Korea wants to build a moon base by 2045

Submit on Sunday, July 20th, 2025 23:11

South Korea just laid out its long-term space exploration road map, which features the planned construction of a moon base two decades from now.

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This wild bioplastic made of algae just aced a Mars pressure test. Can astronauts use it to build on the Red Planet?

Submit on Sunday, July 20th, 2025 22:11

Scientists have grown algae in bioplastic habitats under Mars-like conditions, a step that could bring long-term space colonization closer to reality.

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Discover where the Eagle might have landed: How to find Apollo 11’s backup sites on the moon

Submit on Sunday, July 20th, 2025 20:11

Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity’s first steps on another world.

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: ‘We’re definitely expecting the unexpected’

Submit on Sunday, July 20th, 2025 17:11

Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts… oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these explosions and many more powerful and violent cosmic events.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 169 — The Day Mars Died

Submit on Saturday, July 19th, 2025 22:11

On Episode 169 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by JPL Chief Engineer Emeritus Rob Manning to look back at the Mariner 4 Mars mission 60 years later.

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See the moon cross the Pleiades for the last time this year on July 20

Submit on Saturday, July 19th, 2025 22:11

The moon’s crescent limb will cloak and uncover stars from the iconic cluster before sunrise.

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10 unique tours and experiences for the 2027 ‘eclipse of the century’

Submit on Saturday, July 19th, 2025 20:11

From “Star Wars” film sets to baboons in Saudi Arabia, here’s how to experience the “eclipse of the century” in style on Aug. 2, 2027.

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