NPR News: The latest in space: sugar molecules, a simulated mission and a NASA probe's next steps

The latest in space: sugar molecules, a simulated mission and a NASA probe's next steps
In this roundup of space news, we talk about sugar molecules in space, a call for volunteers for a simulated Moon/Mars mission and next steps for NASA's New Horizons probe.

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NPR News: Dangerous wildfire smoke blankets parts of the U.S.

Dangerous wildfire smoke blankets parts of the U.S.
Orange skies and heavy smoke covered large parts of the U.S. as Canada and Minnesota grapple with wildfires.

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NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet

New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and using powerful observatories that image faint celestial objects. This object has a dual personality: Past images hadn’t revealed obvious cometlike activity, suggesting it might be […]

July 15, 2026 at 08:00PM
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Young Galaxy Cluster

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster is anchored on an immensely bright and massive elliptical galaxy, easily identifiable as the […]

July 15, 2026 at 08:00PM
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Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East

Canadian wildfires sent plumes of smoke streaming over Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

July 15, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid impacts. Referred to as the “Broom Point member” by the rover’s science team, this sequence of layered bedrock is likely more than 3.9 billion years old, making it among […]

July 14, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NPR News: Cancer disparities researchers say federal funding changes have disrupted their work

Cancer disparities researchers say federal funding changes have disrupted their work
In a survey, 93% of cancer researchers who study disparities said federal policy changes have affected them. Funding is harder to come by and they worry it's slowing progress in their field.

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