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Most Of Moons Water Likely Remains Chemically Bound In Its Deep Interior
Universe Today - 13 Jul 2026 00:05
Aside from an unknown quantity of water in the Moons permanently shaded polar craters, the lions share of what water the Moon may have is likely chemically bound in its deep interior.
Extremely Large Telescope reaches a major milestone | Space photo of the day for July 13, 2026
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 14:00
The Extremely Large Telescope is looking quite large in this exciting moment.
ESA welcomes new UK space and defence gateway
ESA - 13 Jul 2026 13:23
His Majesty King Charles III visited the UKs largest space cluster on 10 July to launch a new initiative designed to shape the future of the space and defence economy.
Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 12:00
"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."
SpaceX gears up for Starship Flight 13
Space News - 13 Jul 2026 01:44
SpaceX plans to conduct its next Starship launch as soon as July 16 to test fixes to issues from the previous flight and deploy functioning Starlink satellites. The post SpaceX gears up for Starship Flight 13 appeared fi...
Rebooting a Spacecraft, 140 Million Kilometres From Home.
Universe Today - 13 Jul 2026 22:30
Engineers have just upgraded the software running a spacecraft 140 million kilometres away, then held their breath through two full reboots with an eight minute delay on every command. The prize for getting it right is a...
Most of the moon's water likely remains chemically bound in its deep interior
Phys.org - 13 Jul 2026 22:20
After decades of analyzing reams of lunar rocks back here on Earth, the canonical view of the moon was that it was anhydrous; that it had extraordinarily little water. That all began to change in 2009 with new data from ...
Defense spending lifts Europes space economy
Space News - 13 Jul 2026 22:18
European government space spending jumped 12% to about $15.4 billion in 2025, according to a July 13 European Space Agency report, bucking a 3% global decline on the back of rising national defense budgets. The post Defe...
NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rides
NASA Breaking news - 13 Jul 2026 21:46
No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air taxis -small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft meant for short trips - understand the relationship between co...
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Super Heavy booster rolled back for final checkouts
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:10
SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch.
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Starship undergoing preparations to launch tomorrow
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:10
SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch.
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: SpaceX sets target date for next Starship rocket launch
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:10
SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch.
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Scrub
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:10
SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch today!
L3Harris, Sierra Space to build 36 satellites to expand U.S. missile-tracking network
Space News - 13 Jul 2026 21:08
The Space Development Agency awarded the companies a combined $1.75 billion for next batch of missile-tracking satellites The post L3Harris, Sierra Space to build 36 satellites to expand U.S. missile-tracking network app...
Russia's launching a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to the International Space Station on July 14: Watch it live
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:00
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts will launch toward the International Space Station atop a Russian rocket on Tuesday (July 14), and you can watch it live.
These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:00
Sub-Neptune exoplanets could have atmospheres so dense and crushing that rock is vaporized to form clouds that trap heat at the surface of the planet.
Russia launches a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to the International Space Station
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:00
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts launched toward the International Space Station atop a Russian rocket at 10:47 a.m. EDT on Tuesday (July 14), and are set to dock just two hours later.
Russia launches NASA astronaut Anil Menon and 2 cosmonauts to the International Space Station (video)
SPACE.com - 13 Jul 2026 21:00
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts launched toward the International Space Station atop a Russian rocket at 10:47 a.m. EDT on Tuesday (July 14), and docked just three hours later.
Chemistry Reveals the Origins of an Interstellar Comet
Universe Today - 13 Jul 2026 20:00
Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By some quirk of orbital mechanics, that frozen nucleus of ice and dust got kicked out of its home system and into a long and winding traj...
Dead stars in our cosmic backyard: Astronomers spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses
Phys.org - 13 Jul 2026 20:00
Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Colorado Boulder have directly observed, for the first time, four white dwarfs in binary star systems in our nearby region of space. These stellar binaries a...
How the SKA Will Use Fast Radio Bursts to Decode the Universe
Universe Today - 13 Jul 2026 19:29
There are parts of the universe that are extremely hard to see, even for our most advanced telescopes. Gas and dust dont emit any light, and are only visible by the light that they happen to block from stars and galaxies...
Poland to host new ESA center as government boosts investments in space
Space News - 13 Jul 2026 19:12
WARSAW, Poland - Poland will host the first European Space Agency (ESA) center located in an eastern flank member state, one that will be focused on civil security and resilience. [] The post Poland to host new ESA cente...