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Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese radar satellite to orbit tonight

Submit on Monday, August 4th, 2025 19:11

Rocket Lab will launch its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS tonight (Aug. 4), and you can watch it live.

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Mysterious boost to Earth’s spin will make Aug. 5 one of the shortest days on record

Submit on Monday, August 4th, 2025 17:11

A strange shift in Earth’s rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea

Submit on Monday, August 4th, 2025 15:11

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning (Aug. 4), then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

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Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

Submit on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 22:11

Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.

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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

Submit on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 21:11

With more countries looking to explore space, there is a rising hope that space is now more accessible for diverse participants.

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See the moon shine alongside red supergiant star Antares after sunset tonight

Submit on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 20:11

The red supergiant star Antares will appear close to the waxing gibbous moon tonight.

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Watch Blue Origin launch crypto billionaire Justin Sun and 5 other people to suborbital space today

Submit on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 11:12

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will launch Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, and five other people to space today. Here’s how to watch it live.

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Scientists scan famous ‘Earthrise’ crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system

Submit on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 23:12

A large lunar crater featured in the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.

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