Tuesday, August 5, 2025

You can design wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle

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We have a lot of stories for you in our newsletter, starting with the James Webb Space Telescope reviewing the classic Hubble "Deep Field" image, containing over 2,500 galaxies. 

Other headlines for today include three powerful solar flares erupting in less than 24 hours, a review of Hulu's new "Alien: Earth" series and scientists voicing their concern about moonquakes threatening any future lunar bases. 

As it's Tuesday, we also have our quiz of the week for you to enjoy, all about celebrities in space! From movie stars to moguls, test your knowledge of which celebrities have gone to the final frontier. 

We have all that and more for your daily read. 

Thanks for exploring with us. 

Keep looking up, 
Kenna 

Content Manager, Space.com 
JWST revisits classic Hubble image of 2,500 galaxies
The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.
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3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours
Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
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Space quiz: Which 90s pop star trained with the Russian space agency and planned to visit the ISS in 2002?
Click here to find the answer and to take our full "Celebrities in Space" quiz!
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Space Deal of the Day
Five star projector at lowest price ever on Amazon
You can save 20% on the Hommkiety Galaxy Projector on Amazon, which we praised for its build quality and high-end projections.
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Spaceflight
You can design wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle
The space agency is inviting the public to design next-generation, moon-ready tires for future space missions.
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Europa Clipper radar passes test during Mars flyby
"We got everything out of the flyby that we dreamed."
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Science & Astronomy
Moonquakes could pose threat to future lunar bases
"We want to make sure that our exploration of the moon is done safely and that investments are made in a way that's carefully thought out."
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New AI approach could study binary star systems
Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.
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Technology
Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids
"Initially, it'll just be a new tool, an augmentation to the existing toolbelt of astronomical observatories. But ultimately, it should scale least expensively to the smallest or more distant asteroids."
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Entertainment
'Alien: Earth' is an intelligent bloodbath (review)
Noah Hawley's daring exploration of the Alien universe makes for a great sci-fi TV show that asks big questions without neglecting the fun factor.
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Trivia Tuesday: Quiz of the week
Celebrities in space quiz: Test your A-list smarts
From movie stars to moguls, test your knowledge of which celebrities have gone to the final frontier.
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Today in Space
On This Day: Aug. 5, 2011: Juno spacecraft launches
The spacecraft spent the next five years making the 1.74-billion-mile trek to Jupiter
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Image of day: Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof
The world's largest optical telescope is still under construction but is raising the roof on its progress.
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