Powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite loaded up for launch in India photo of the day for July 30, 2025
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Science Quiz: Doing a 180
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'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston
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Powerful US-Indian NISAR radar satellite launches to track tiny changes on Earth's surface (video)
The U.S. and India just sent a powerful new set of radar eyes into the sky.
The NISAR satellite, a…
James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star
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