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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made the shock discovery that giant rogue exoplanets can grow their own planetary systems without needing a parent star.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary system. The discovery was possible with a little luck and some help from Einstein.

Using data from several Earth-observing satellites, including ESA’s CryoSat and the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions, scientists have discovered that a huge flood beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet surged upwards with such force that it fractured the ice sheet, resulting in a vast quantity of meltwater bursting through the ice surface.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

Gilmour Space made history today (July 29), conducting the first-ever orbital launch attempt with an Australian-built rocket. That vehicle, named Eris, didn't get very far.

SpaceX has moved its Starship spacecraft to the launch pad for testing ahead of the vehicle's 10th flight, which is expected to take place next month.

James Cameron's third Avatar movie is turning the rules upside down, introducing a nefarious Na'vi clan as the human invaders go all-out.

India will launch the NISAR Earth-observing spacecraft, a joint effort of ISRO and NASA, on July 30, and you can watch the action live.

Unfairly dismissed as a flop on release, 'Waterworld' is a spectacular example of the '90s action genre. If only they didn't give him gills…

The BOAT is the ruler of all gamma-ray bursts, releasing as much energy in seconds as the sun will in 10 billion years — and it could be revealing the secrets of these extreme cosmic blasts.

Living in space changes the human body — but arteries seem particularly resilient to microgravity's effects.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is preparing to launch its next batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".

Spica and the moon will appear over the southwestern horizon at sunset

'You here now. You weave together the future. So go out and seek, explore'

India recently rolled out the rocket that will launch the NISAR Earth-observing spacecraft, a joint effort between ISRO and NASA. Liftoff is scheduled for the morning of July 30.

Whether you're a Falcon 9 fan or want to go to Mars, this quiz is your chance to prove it.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hunted supermassive black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies — but laying in wait for their stellar victims.