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Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA’s Chandra spacecraft: ‘The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great’

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 20:11

Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.

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NASA workers plan ‘Moon Day’ protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. ‘This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.’

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Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership’s “preemptive over-compliance” of the White House’s proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.

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Who is Dr Roger Korby? A brief history of Christine Chapel’s new boyfriend in ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 18:11

Dr Korby once crossed paths with Kirk’s Enterprise, though he was a very different man at the time…

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A doomed exoplanet is caught in a ‘death spiral’ around its star. Can it survive?

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 17:11

A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.

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Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 04:11

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.

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What’s the deal with Lex Luthor’s pocket universe in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’?

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 04:11

Superman is full of awesome sci-fi elements, but the most fascinating one might be Lex Luthor’s pocket dimension. How does that even work?

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Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 03:11

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a “simulated moon underground space.”

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Europe working to launch ‘Invictus’ hypersonic space plane by 2031 (video)

Submit on Friday, July 18th, 2025 02:11

The European Space Agency is funding the development of a hypersonic space plane pathfinder, which will start flying by 2031, if all goes according to plan.

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