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NASA

• NASA’s Hubble Spies Stellar Sparkler for July 4th
  July 4, 2026
  Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
• NASA’s Hubble Captures Crimson Cloud Sparkling with White, Blue Stars
  July 3, 2026
  Blue and white stars shine brightly against crimson gas in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
• NASA’s Hubble Spots Star-Spangled Cosmic Scene
  July 3, 2026
  More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this NASA Hubble image of the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3).
• NASA’s Artemis II Breaks Agency Streaming Record
  July 2, 2026 by Brittany A. Brown
  NASA’s live coverage of the Artemis II mission mission drew unprecedented public interest – including more than 149.4 million views of the launch, lunar flyby, splashdown on NASA-owned platforms, including the 24/7 streams covering the mission and the Orion spacecraft views – demonstrating strong, sustained global engagement throughout the mission.  Around the Clock Live Broadcast NASA’s Artemis II Crew Launches to the Moon broadcast set unprecedented viewership records across the agency’s […]
• Good Morning, Earth!
  July 2, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  NASA astronaut Chris Williams took this photo of an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station on June 26, 2026. In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets. Learn more about the orbiting laboratory. Image credit: NASA/Chris Williams

SpaceNews

• GAO flags satellite costs, launch risks in Space Force portfolio
  July 4, 2026
• Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission
  July 3, 2026
• Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million
  July 3, 2026
• Perovskite solar panel startup Verde Technologies shifts focus to space
  July 2, 2026
• Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite
  July 2, 2026

ArsTechnica

• When the ability to smell goes away
  by Victoria Clayton, Knowable Magazine
• A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why
  by Jacek Krywko
• Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone
  by Stephen Clark
• Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division
  by John Timmer
• Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science
  by John Timmer