SpaceX just launched the Crew-11 astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA — along with an interesting bacterial experiment.
A recent study looked at the feasibility of chasing down 3I/ATLAS.
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NASA, SpaceX ‘thread the clouds’ to launch Crew-11 to the International Space Station
Falcon 9 carrying Crew Dragon Endeavour, dodged storm clouds to launch a new crew to the International Space Station on Aug. 1, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.
Weather threatened to delay the Crew-11 mission for a second time, but the launch team was able to “thread the clouds” and a four-person crew lifted off on a journey to the International Space Station.
Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here's how
GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephants in western Namibia.
Best camera for astro now $300 cheaper: This Nikon bundle comes with plenty of extras
The Nikon Z8 was rated as our best overall camera for astrophotography, and is $600 off on Amazon, perfect for capturing the Lyrid meteor shower!
SpaceX launches Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA on milestone Crew Dragon flight (video)
SpaceX launched the Crew-11 on Aug. 1, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station on the record-breaking sixth flight of its Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.
New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter
A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.
Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests
A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known.
Astronaut savors the moment and shares a stunning aurora shot | On the International Space Station July 28-Aug. 1, 2025
The four Expedition 73 members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission prepared to come home, while also got the International Space Station ready for its next residents.
Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025
The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.
Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
High-speed winds on exoplanet WASP-17b may align quartz crystals in its atmosphere and create dazzling light effects like "sun dogs."
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 10th test flight (video, photos)
SpaceX performed a single-engine "static fire" trial with its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday (July 31), to help prep the vehicle for an upcoming test flight.
The Moon Is Useless, So Let's Preserve It
I don’t think space or lunar tourism is going to be the big draw that transforms the moon into something unrecognizable. Instead, I think it’s going to more about large-scale mining and industrialization that scars the lunar surface. So when it comes to possible industrial hellscapes that the moon might turn into, think less Las Vegas and more…Gary, Indiana. No offense, Gary, but you’re kind of an industrial hellscape.
Sand Reacts Differently In Lower Gravity And Could Entrap Rovers More Easily
Simulating extraterrestrial environments on Earth has always been a challenge. Our planet has a pleasant atmosphere, reasonable temperatures, and a moderate amount of gravity, unlike the rest of the solar system. Or maybe that’s just because we think that way because we adapted to how it is here as we evolved here. In either case, the physical environment here makes it difficult for us to set up test environments that can accurately test probes going to other parts of the solar system. Many times, it involves vacuum chambers, air conditioners and heaters pumping hot and cold air into them, and soil simulant - lots and lots of soil simulant. But, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we’ve been neglecting one important aspect of these tests, and it might be the reason Spirit eventually got permanently stuck on Mars - sand is affected by gravity too.
Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe's 1st stars form?
New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?
SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests
Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term datasets from SMOS can help us to monitor this valuable resource.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 1 – 10
The waxing gibbous Moon of August haunts the low south. Venus and Jupiter draw toward a spectacular conjunction in early dawn.
Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
Image: Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
A supernova-rich spiral
Image: A supernova-rich spiral
