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Sunday, August 30

New study reveals how space rocks become meteorites
SETI Institute — 9:49 pm ET (0149 GMT)

Saturday, August 29

Mercury’s Crust Formed by Extreme Volcanism
Max-Planck-Institut — 5:50 am ET (0950 GMT)

Friday, August 28

Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury
ESA — 5:08 am ET (0908 GMT)

Venus’s mysterious clouds may hide an exceptionally strong light absorber
Eurekalert — 4:31 am ET (0831 GMT)

Thursday, August 27

Vermilion Parish weighs in as SpaceX invests $100B in Spaceport, Louisiana
KATC-TV Lafayette, LA — 6:28 am ET (1028 GMT)

Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole
Science News — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)

Bizarre ‘thermal anomaly’ may explain Mars’s two-faced appearance
Scientific American — 5:48 am ET (0948 GMT)

Tuesday, August 25

Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity
SPACE.com — 5:57 am ET (0957 GMT)

Is the Perseid meteor shower going to get even more spectacular? Jupiter could send more 'shooting stars' towards Earth in 2028
SPACE.com — 5:55 am ET (0955 GMT)

Why do we care so much that Pluto isn't a planet?
SPACE.com — 5:55 am ET (0955 GMT)

Sorry, Pluto’s still not a planet
Scientific American — 5:53 am ET (0953 GMT)

Saturday, August 22

Asteroid impact shaped the appearance of Mars’ moon Deimos
Univ. of Bern — 3:07 pm ET (1907 GMT)

U of A begins building moon-bound EMILIA-3D to study lunar terrain
Univ. of Arizona — 2:40 pm ET (1840 GMT)

Mars Attacks: How Much Dust From the Red Planet Is Safe to Breathe?
Rutgers Univ. — 1:14 pm ET (1714 GMT)

NASA’s nuclear Dragonfly copter to search for signs of life on Titan: 'A lot's riding on it'
Los Angeles Times — 6:28 am ET (1028 GMT)

Friday, August 21

The Apophis encounter in 2029: A rare opportunity for planetary science and defense
Eurekalert — 6:19 am ET (1019 GMT)

Can Earthly Microbes Survive on the Moon? Scientists Say Yes (in the Shade)
Univ. of Maryland — 6:17 am ET (1017 GMT)

China’s Chang’e-7 lunar ice-hunting mission set for Sunday launch
Space News — 6:06 am ET (1006 GMT)

Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in 'The Martian'
SPACE.com — 5:59 am ET (0959 GMT)

Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find
SPACE.com — 5:56 am ET (0956 GMT)

Next set of articles

Falcon Heavy launches Roman Space Telescope
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:25 PM ET (0025 GMT)

President Trump proposes new space academy
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:20 PM ET (0020 GMT)

Ariane 6 launches European weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 30 8:16 PM ET (0016 GMT)

Monday, August 31

Houston, we have a problem. Who’s controlling space traffic?
Straight Arrow News — 4:12 am ET (0812 GMT)

Winston Scott to Newsmax: Space Academy 'Well Needed'
NewsMax.com — 4:11 am ET (0811 GMT)

What Is Trump’s U.S. Space Academy?
Time — 4:11 am ET (0811 GMT)

NZ halves time to launch rockets in space goldrush
Radio New Zealand — 4:09 am ET (0809 GMT)

'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth
NPR — 4:06 am ET (0806 GMT)

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