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CBS News
Italian archaeologists make stunning underwater discovery
The discovery includes "thousands of marble slabs" in "hundreds of different shapes" found in a submerged ancient city.
Popular Mechanics
The Vacuum of Space Won't Last Forever. In Fact, It Ends Much Sooner Than We Thought.
New calculations reveal the potential timeline for the finale of the universe.
Space
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
NASA's Perseverance rover stumbled upon a Mars rock. It seems to suggest evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.
Live Science
Antimatter detected on International Space Station could reveal new physics
Eight years ago, the International Space Station detected weird antimatter particles that challenge our entire understanding of physics. Now, researchers have proposed that mysterious cosmic "fireballs" could help explain the detection.
Futurism
NASA Reportedly Considering Rescuing Stranded Astronauts Using SpaceX Spacecraft
Spare Seats The return date of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who traveled to the International Space Station on board Boeing's plagued Starliner spacecraft over seven weeks ago, keeps getting pushed back. Engineers have been hard at work investigating several helium leaks that officials discovered after the pair arrived at the station, affecting […]
Mashable
Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly image the exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant world somewhat like Jupiter.
Futurism
NASA Says Its Rover Has Discovered a "Potential Biosignature" on Mars
Mighty Likely NASA's Perseverance Rover has found a rock on Mars that scientists believe may contain signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. As the New York Times reports, NASA researchers aren't quite ready to declare that they've found definitive biosignatures — the scientific term for "signs of life" — in the piece of ancient […]
Futurism
Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now
Pinpoint Stars In 2003, when the International Space Station was a mere three years old, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit took a gorgeous picture of the Earth's atmosphere, with countless stars frozen in time in the background. But as Pettit revealed in a Reddit post earlier this week, the same photo "cannot be taken anymore" — […]
CNN
Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo
After weeks of testing, NASA and Boeing officials say they better understand the issues plaguing the Starliner spacecraft, but still aren’t ready to name a return date.
Futurism
Terrifying NASA Video Shows America Spewing CO2 Into Atmosphere
Trapped Gases NASA has released a new visualization that shows copious amounts of carbon dioxide swirling around the Earth's atmosphere. The video shows how concentrations of the gas move across the planet, driven by wind and atmospheric circulation, from January through March 2020. The level of detail is truly astonishing, allowing us to "zoom in […]
CBS News
India lost its vultures, and scientists say humans have paid the price
Scientists say a common painkiller used on cattle wiped out India's vultures, resulting in half a million human deaths in just 5 years.
Futurism
NASA Scrapping Finished $450 Million Moon Rover, Will Send Dead Weight "Simulator" to Moon in Its Place
NASA's $450 million lunar explorer, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), will not be going to the Moon. Something else will be taking its place, though — and given the costs involved, the decision is bound to raise a few eyebrows, if not serious questions about the space agency's budget situation. The rover, which […]
Orlando Sentinel
SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 again after submitting mishap report to FAA
SpaceX announced it had submitted its mishap investigation report to the Federal Aviation Administration after an issue that led to the grounding of its Falcon 9 rocket, and the FAA determined the company could resume launches. “SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able to identify the most probable cause of the mishap and associated corrective actions to ensure the ...
United Press International
Scientists discover first of its kind energy peak-- or 'jet' -- from gamma ray burst
Scientists have announced a never-before-seen energy peak that resulted from the largest gamma ray burst in history, NASA announced Thursday.
Reuters
Analysis - Taiwanese rocket startup may be early test of Japan's space hub plans
A Taiwanese startup aims to become the first foreign firm to launch a rocket from Japan by early next year, part of a plan industry advocates say will aid Tokyo's ambitions of becoming a space hub in Asia. The planned suborbital launch by TiSpace has faced regulatory hurdles and delays amid questions over whether Japan should embrace overseas business as part of its effort to double the size of its 4 trillion yen ($26 billion) space industry over the next decade. The private firm, co-founded in 2016 by current and former officials from Taiwan's space agency, has not had a successful launch.
Business Insider
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are arguing again with their rival rocket companies. It's the latest in a 20-year feud.
The two execs have sparred over their respective space ambitions — Musk runs SpaceX, while Bezos owns Blue Origin — but it hasn't stopped there.
Space
Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says
Large amounts of space debris and satellite megaconstellations in low Earth orbit are creating "an unsustainable environment in the long-term," according to a new report from the European Space Agency.
Space
NASA, Boeing discuss Starliner astronaut mission today: Watch the replay
NASA and Boeing will provide an update about the Starliner capsule's ongoing astronaut mission today (July 24), and you can watch it live.
Chicago Tribune
Chicago announces ‘transformational’ quantum computer commercial development at fallow South Works site
In what could be a transformational development for Chicago, California-based tech company PsiQuantum is investing billions in the long-dormant South Works site in a quest to build the world’s first commercially viable quantum computer. The project promises to boost Chicago as a leader in the nascent quantum computing field, while revitalizing the city’s Southeast Side, which has struggled ...
CNN Business
Hear options NASA could consider to bring Starliner astronauts home
NASA and Boeing officials say they still aren’t ready to provide a return date for the two veteran NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. CNN space and defense correspondent Kristen Fisher reports.

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