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    <loc>https://starlust.org/es-as-plato-set-to-hunt-earth-like-exoplanets-is-now-ready-for-launch-after-acing-final-tests/</loc>
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        <news:title>ESA’s Plato, set to hunt Earth-like exoplanets, is now ready for launch after acing final tests</news:title>
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        <image:title>ESA’s Plato, set to hunt Earth-like exoplanets, is now ready for launch after acing final tests</image:title>
        <image:caption>Besides looking for rocky exoplanets, Plato is also expected to help scientists study &#39;starquakes.&#39;</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/nasa-isr-os-nisar-satellites-captures-stunning-hummingbird-feature-in-antarctica/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-23T07:20:26.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:title>NASA-ISRO’s NISAR satellites captures stunning ‘hummingbird’ feature in Antarctica</news:title>
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        <image:title>NASA-ISRO’s NISAR satellites captures stunning ‘hummingbird’ feature in Antarctica</image:title>
        <image:caption>NISAR saw beneath the surface and revealed the movement of a glacier beneath a mountain.  </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/none-of-us-will-be-able-to-avoid-the-war-zone-retiring-u-s-space-force-chief-issues-stark-warning/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-23T05:49:40.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-23T05:49:40.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>&#39;None of us will be able to avoid the war zone&#39;: Retiring U.S. Space Force Chief issues stark warning</news:title>
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        <image:title>&#39;None of us will be able to avoid the war zone&#39;: Retiring U.S. Space Force Chief issues stark warning</image:title>
        <image:caption>&#34;Whether we want to be in the combat zone or not, orbital mechanics will put all of our space capabilities into the space war zone&#34; he said.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/private-chinese-rocket-gravity-1-accomplishes-third-launch-from-sea-deploys-nine-satellites-in-orbit/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-23T05:10:41.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-23T04:44:34.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>Private Chinese rocket Gravity-1 accomplishes third launch from sea, deploys nine satellites in orbit</news:title>
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        <image:title>Private Chinese rocket Gravity-1 accomplishes third launch from sea, deploys nine satellites in orbit</image:title>
        <image:caption>China&#39;s Orienspace has completed its third sea-based launch of the Gravity-1 rocket, said to be the world’s most powerful solid-fueled vehicle.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/how-es-as-moonlight-program-aims-to-provide-navigation-and-communications-services-on-the-moon/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-23T05:05:09.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-23T05:05:09.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>How ESA&#39;s Moonlight program aims to provide navigation and communications services on the Moon</news:title>
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        <image:title>How ESA&#39;s Moonlight program aims to provide navigation and communications services on the Moon</image:title>
        <image:caption>The ESA&#39;s Moonlight program aims to provide navigation and communications services on the Moon. Here&#39;s how.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/do-solar-storms-influence-martian-weather-new-study-finds-evidence-that-dust-storms-get-affected/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T11:20:45.000Z</lastmod>
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            <news:name>Starlust</news:name>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T11:20:45.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>Do solar storms influence Martian weather? New study finds evidence that dust storms get affected</news:title>
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        <image:title>Do solar storms influence Martian weather? New study finds evidence that dust storms get affected</image:title>
        <image:caption>Analysis of the dust storm that wiped out NASA&#39;s Opportunity rover provides insights into how solar storms affect Martian weather.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/size-matters-a-planet-needs-to-be-at-least-as-big-as-mars-for-alien-life-to-survive-on-it/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T11:01:19.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T11:01:19.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>Size matters: A planet needs to be at least as big as Mars for alien life to survive on it</news:title>
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        <image:title>Size matters: A planet needs to be at least as big as Mars for alien life to survive on it</image:title>
        <image:caption>The size of a planet is a major factor that determines if life can gain a foothold on it, even if it&#39;s in the habitable zone of its star.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/what-are-gamma-ray-bursts-scientists-make-milestone-findings-on-cosmos-most-energetic-events/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T08:57:49.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T08:57:49.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>What are gamma-ray bursts? Scientists make milestone findings on cosmos&#39; most energetic events</news:title>
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        <image:title>What are gamma-ray bursts? Scientists make milestone findings on cosmos&#39; most energetic events</image:title>
        <image:caption>The findings are offering insights into the physics behind gamma-ray bursts and the end of the most massive of stars.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/milky-way-may-have-tilted-sideways-after-collision-with-a-dwarf-galaxy-10-billion-years-ago/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T07:18:15.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T07:18:15.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>Milky Way may have tilted sideways after collision with a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago</news:title>
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        <image:title>Milky Way may have tilted sideways after collision with a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago</image:title>
        <image:caption>A new study suggests that a violent collision between the Milky Way and another galaxy called the Gaia Sausage may have reoriented our galaxy into the position it is in today.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/astronomers-just-mapped-a-galaxy-clusters-magnetic-field-for-the-first-timeheres-what-they-found/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T06:17:45.000Z</lastmod>
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            <news:name>Starlust</news:name>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T06:17:45.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>Astronomers just mapped a galaxy cluster&#39;s magnetic field for the first time—here’s what they found</news:title>
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        <image:title>Astronomers just mapped a galaxy cluster&#39;s magnetic field for the first time—here’s what they found</image:title>
        <image:caption>To map the entire galaxy cluster for this record-breaking survey, the team spent 224 hours collecting radio images. What they found was surprising.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/scientists-find-a-new-way-to-predict-space-weather-based-on-how-the-sun-goes-to-sleep/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T05:16:13.000Z</lastmod>
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            <news:name>Starlust</news:name>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T05:16:13.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>Scientists find a new way to predict space weather based on how the Sun goes to &#39;sleep&#39;</news:title>
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        <image:title>Scientists find a new way to predict space weather based on how the Sun goes to &#39;sleep&#39;</image:title>
        <image:caption>&#34;The Sun doesn&#39;t gently go to sleep and then gently wake up again.&#34;</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://starlust.org/space-xs-falcon-9-launches-first-of-its-kind-northrop-grumman-mission-to-extend-satellite-lifespans/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-22T03:54:50.000Z</lastmod>
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        <news:publication>
            <news:name>Starlust</news:name>
            <news:language>en</news:language>
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        <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T03:54:50.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Northrop Grumman&#39;s two-armed robot on mission to extend satellite lifespans</news:title>
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        <image:title>SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Northrop Grumman&#39;s two-armed robot on mission to extend satellite lifespans</image:title>
        <image:caption>The mission involves the first privately owned robotic spacecraft for active satellite maintenance.</image:caption>
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