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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by Mars 1 month from now — and Europe's Red Planet orbiters will be ready

September 4, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for a unique opportunity to study the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas from what could be the best vantage point in the solar system. Astronomers made the rare and extraordinary discovery of an interstellar object in our own solar system on July 1, 2025, sparking a scramble to study the mysterious visitor. The object has since been named comet 3I/ATLAS…
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Nikon Stabilized 12x25 S binocular review

September 3, 2025
The Nikon Stabilized 12×25 S binoculars are my top recommendation for a compact binocular with image stabilization built in, all for under $650. It was back about three years ago in a previous review of the Nikon Monarch HG 10×42 binoculars that I yearned for Nikon…
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1st Indian astronaut to visit ISS welcomed home as a hero

September 3, 2025
Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently became the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), received a grand welcome in his hometown of Lucknow in northern India earlier this week. Shukla returned to India from the U.S. on Aug. 17, following an 18-day mission in space as part of the Axiom-4 crew. Thousands of residents, students and officials lined the streets and the airport to…
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Could a unique rectangular telescope be the key to finding Earth 2.0?

September 2, 2025
To resolve nearby Earth-like exoplanets, a new telescope design that is rectangular rather than circular may be necessary, according to a new study that explores what the next great space telescope might look like. “We show that it is possible to find nearby, Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars with a telescope that is about the same size as the James Webb Space Telescope[(JWST]…
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Watch a burnt and battered Starship splash down in Indian Ocean to wrap up historic Flight 10 (video, photos)

September 1, 2025
Spectacular new footage gives us great looks at the final moments of the latest test flight of Starship, the huge rocket SpaceX is developing to help humanity settle Mars. That mission, the 10th-ever for the 397-foot-tall (121-meter-tall) megarocket, lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas on Tuesday evening (Aug. 26). Everything went well on Flight 10. Starship’s Super…
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