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19 July 2026 at 06:00
Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet that has an atmosphere and sits within the habitable zone of a solar system.
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The US Approves Launch of Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night
14 July 2026 at 04:30
The FCC authorized Reflect Orbital to launch the mirror satellite Eärendil-1. “For optical astronomy, this poses an existential threat,” the European Southern Observatory said.
China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-Moon
11 July 2026 at 05:30
The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples to send back to Earth.
