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Friday, July 3
Surface CubeSat contracted for Ramses asteroid mission
ESA — 8:50 am ET (1250 GMT)

Thursday, July 2
China to build space-ground monitoring network for asteroid defense
Xinhua — 2:39 am ET (0639 GMT)

Wednesday, July 1
Nearby “Super Earth” May Be a Better Candidate for Life Than Previously Thought
Univ. of Texas Austin — 5:14 am ET (0914 GMT)
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
SPACE.com — 5:02 am ET (0902 GMT)
Scientist names likely scenario of Tunguska space object impact
TASS — 4:53 am ET (0853 GMT)

Tuesday, June 30
Asteroid Day & eight other key dates in asteroid history
ESA — 5:53 am ET (0953 GMT)
Analysis of defense technology for large-sized near-Earth asteroids
Eurekalert — 5:52 am ET (0952 GMT)

Monday, June 29
Japanese probe set for super-close flyby on July 5: 'We're going to discover another beast to put in the zoo of asteroids'
SPACE.com — 5:29 am ET (0929 GMT)

Sunday, June 28
A large, harmless asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend
AP — 7:32 am ET (1132 GMT)

Saturday, June 27
Long-Period Comets’ Orbits Reflect Close Passage by Star HD 7977
PSI — 7:51 pm ET (2351 GMT)
New evidence suggests vast hidden magma systems inside Mars
Univ. of Oxford — 7:52 am ET (1152 GMT)
How to See the Giant Asteroid That Will Pass by Earth This Weekend
Wired News — 7:45 am ET (1145 GMT)
Will humanity be able to protect Earth from a deadly asteroid?
Scientific American — 7:31 am ET (1131 GMT)

Friday, June 26
A SpaceX rocket will slam into the moon this August. Will we be able to see it?
SPACE.com — 6:03 am ET (1003 GMT)

Thursday, June 25
Backbone of Ramses asteroid mission stands tall
ESA — 6:08 am ET (1008 GMT)
A Mars rover found organic carbon just sitting on a rock
Science News — 5:40 am ET (0940 GMT)
Complex organic molecules found on Mars mudstone
ConnectSci — 5:40 am ET (0940 GMT)
Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks
SPACE.com — 5:29 am ET (0929 GMT)
Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon
New Scientist — 5:22 am ET (0922 GMT)
Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars
The Guardian — 5:18 am ET (0918 GMT)

Next set of articles
news in brief
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch two science missions
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)

Report outlines cost growth in canceled NASA exploration programs
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)

Perseverance Mars rover finds more potential biosignatures
Posted: Sat, Jun 27 11:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)

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Friday, July 3
Spectrum Battle Heats Up With Rocket Lab’s Iridium Deal
Aviation Week — 9:14 am ET (1314 GMT)
Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force
TechCrunch — 9:14 am ET (1314 GMT)
First Light, Next Steps—The Path Forged by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
USRA — 9:12 am ET (1312 GMT)
Amazon has deployed enough satellites to launch Leo service later this year
CNBC — 9:10 am ET (1310 GMT)
India’s Space Industry Hunts for Its SpaceX Moment
Bloomberg News — 9:10 am ET (1310 GMT)
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