Perseid meteor shower starts 'shooting star' season

Happy Wednesday space enthusiasts! | Perseid meteor shower starts 'shooting star' season | Milky Way may have 100 undetected 'orphan' galaxies Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version July 16, 2025 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Happy Wednesday space enthusiasts! It's the anniversary of the launch of the historic Apollo 11 mission, as the craft blasted off today in 1961 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Other stories for today include the kick off of the Perseid Meteor Shower, as we begin shooting star season. So be sure to grab your binoculars and telescopes (or grab some using our exclusive deals) and be ready for some night sky spectacles. In other news, scientists have found that over 100 "orphan" galaxies may be surrounding our Milky Way, precursors to could form in the lakes on Saturn's moon Titan, and the hit Apple TV+ show "Murderbot" has been renewed for a second season. We have all that and more in your daily read.  Thanks for exploring with us. Keep looking up,  Kenna  Content Manager, Space.com Perseid meteor shower starts 'shooting star' season The first of our showers is the Delta Aquarids, with a broad three-day maximum running from July 29 through 31. Read More Milky Way may have 100 undetected 'orphan' galaxies "One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today." Read More Space quiz! How do canyons form in the Sun's surface? Click here for the answer A heat differential between surface and core The breaking and realigning of the Sun's magnetic field lines Solar flares A black hole inside the Sun trying to eat everything Space Deal of the Day NordVPN at 79% off and a $50 Amazon voucher Our exclusive NordVPN deal gives you complete online security and convenience for a 79% discount, four free bonus months and a $50 Amazon voucher. Read More Skywatching Eruption carves 250,000-mile-long canyon in the sun A massive filament eruption carved a 250,000-mile-long "canyon of fire" into the sun -- and sent a CME sailing into space. Read More Spaceflight Trump bill has moon missions but omits others Nearly $10 billion has been made available in part to fund two further moon-landing missions after Artemis 3. Read More Science & Astronomy China's lunar return mission looks at moon's far-side Chang'e 6's samples from the lunar far side contain a record of ancient volcanism, magnetism and a mantle depleted in important elements and water. Read More Largest Mars rock on Earth is up for auction in NYC "If you look closely at it, you could almost use it as a film set for a movie about Mars." Read More Search for Life Life precursors could form in Titan's lakes "The existence of any vesicles on Titan would demonstrate an increase in order and complexity, which are conditions necessary for the origin of life." Read More Entertainment 'Murderbot' is getting a season 2 on Apple TV+ Apple TV's excellent adaptation of Martha Wells's witty sci-fi novels scores another mission as Murderbot is renewed for season 2. Read More Today in Space Image of Day: NASA's X-59 model flies in test tunnel A scale model was used to test the noise coming from underneath the aircraft. Read More On This Day: July 16, 1969: Apollo 11 shoots to moon Mankind's "one giant leap" started with a launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Read More   Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036