Rocket Launches and Mission Highlights Space Industry and Global Policy Developments Scientific Breakthroughs and Space Research Each of these stories from August 23–24, 2025 showcases the remarkable breadth of space news in just a 48-hour window – from record-setting launches and novel spacecraft capabilities, to industry shake-ups and policy shifts, to cosmic discoveries rewriting textbooks.…
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Astronomers observed SN 2021yfj, a stripped-down supernova whose progenitor shed hydrogen, helium, and carbon before exploding, leaving an exposed silicon/sulfur core (Nature, Aug 20, 2025). NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted a previously unknown inner moon of Uranus, about 6 miles (10 km) across, bringing the planet’s known moons to 29. NASA and IBM unveiled…
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Space & Astronomy Climate & Environment Health & Medicine Biology & Ecology Physics & Chemistry Technology & AI Sources: The information above is drawn from peer-reviewed studies, official press releases, and reputable science media reports published on August 20–21, 2025. Key sources include Nature and Science journal releases scitechdaily.com scitechdaily.com, NASA announcements science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov, press…
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Satellite Launches & Missions 🚀 Global Space Agency Developments 🌍 (Elsewhere in space agency news: NASA this week opened accreditation for a September event to introduce its 2025 astronaut candidate class and to preview the Artemis II Moon mission nasa.gov nasa.gov. The new astronaut class, selected from over 8,000 applicants, will be unveiled on Sept. 22,…
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Space Exploration & Astronomy Medical Research & Biotechnology Environmental Science Climate Change Artificial Intelligence Energy Physics Sources: The above information is drawn from recent press releases, journal publications, and reports dated August 19–20, 2025, including NASA announcements science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov, ScienceDaily and Sci-News summaries sciencedaily.com sci.news, university press releases sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, Reuters newswire reports reuters.com, and…
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From Moon mission hardware milestones to breakthroughs in medicine and AI, the past two days have delivered a whirlwind of scientific advances. Here’s a comprehensive roundup of the major science news across space, health, tech, environment, and more – complete with expert insights and links to original sources. Space and Astronomy Medicine and Health Artificial…
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On its 4,608th Martian sol, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a 5-cm coral-shaped rock nicknamed Paposo in Gale Crater, suggesting ancient liquid water in Mars’ history. A global river study radiocarbon-dating CO2 from over 700 rivers found that about 60% of river-emitted carbon comes from ancient carbon stores. The same study estimates plants and soils may…
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Medicine & Health Space & Astronomy Climate & Environment Physics & Materials Science Technology & Innovation Sources: The above summaries are based on reports and press releases from reputable outlets and journals, including The Guardian theguardian.com theguardian.com, Science sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, NASA space.com, ScienceDaily/RAS sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, Euronews (AP) euronews.com euronews.com, Reuters reuters.com reuters.com, Nature sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com,…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 24 new Starlink satellites on July 18 from California, with the booster landing for the 14th time on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, expanding the constellation to nearly 8,000 active satellites. Raytheon delivered the OCX GPS control software to the U.S. Space Force, upgrading the Global Positioning System…
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On 5 July 2025 at 09:07 UT, amateur Mario Rana from Hampton, Virginia recorded a two-frame white flare on Saturn’s western limb lasting under 1 second, with PVOL releasing a frame showing a stellate spot just inside the edge. PVOL issued an international all-points bulletin within hours, asking observers to upload raw video stacks for…
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