Watch the stars and from them learn. To the Master's honor all must turn, Each in its track, without a sound, Forever tracing Newton's ground

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June's Strawberry Moon rises tonight. Here's what to expect from the lowest full moon since 2006

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 6:00am
Catch the full moon rise over the southeastern horizon on June 10.
Categories: Astronomy

An Indian astronaut is about to visit the ISS for the 1st time ever

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 5:00am
An astronaut from India is set to launch to the International Space Station on the Ax-4 mission on June 11, marking a first for the nation.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 5:00pm
Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.
Categories: Astronomy

How to see the 'Horse and Rider' in the Big Dipper's handle this summer

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 4:00pm
Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was popularly known as the "Horse and Rider."
Categories: Astronomy

Marathon: Release date, trailers & everything we know about Bungie's extraction shooter

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 3:00pm
Bungie's next game is a return to the Marathon universe, but it's not what fans of the series were expecting. Here's everything we know so far.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on 70th Falcon 9 flight of the year (photos)

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 2:00pm
SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (June 8), on the 70th mission of 2025 for the company's Falcon 9 rocket.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover 15 new giant radio galaxies — the largest single objects in the universe

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00pm
A new batch of 15 Giant Radio Galaxies, the largest of which is 12.4 light-years wide, could help reveal how black holes and galactic mergers help the universe's largest single objects grow so large.
Categories: Astronomy

12-mile-tall volcano on Mars punches through clouds | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2025

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 11:02am
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.
Categories: Astronomy

Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 10:00am
In May 2025, President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?
Categories: Astronomy

There's an infinite amount of energy locked in the vacuum of space-time. Could we ever use it?

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 9:00am
Unfortunately, any work you do in the universe will have to be done the old-fashioned way.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX delays launch of private Ax-4 astronaut mission to ISS due to rocket leak

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 6:00am
SpaceX has delayed the planned June 11 launch of the Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS due to a liquid oxygen leak in its Falcon 9 rocket. No new target date has been announced.
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'What a waste:' US scientists decry Trump's 47% cuts to NASA science budget

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 5:00am
"I don't think it is an overstatement to say that morale among U.S.-based scientists is at an all-time low."
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Astronauts track huge dust clouds over Canada and US | On the ISS this week June 2-6, 2025

Sun, 06/08/2025 - 10:00am
Preparations for the arrival of a visiting crew, the continued study of how humans adapt to microgravity and more highlight the sixth week of Expedition 73 on the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

See the moon shine with famous red star Antares in the southern sky on June 9

Sun, 06/08/2025 - 9:00am
Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth.
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China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft sends home 1st photo as it heads for mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid

Sun, 06/08/2025 - 6:00am
China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Earth.
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Sega Toys Homestar Classic star projector review

Sat, 06/07/2025 - 3:00pm
If it's realism you're looking for, the Sega Toys Homestar Classic is the gold standard of star projectors.
Categories: Astronomy

Best space & sci-fi games on Nintendo Switch 2025: Metroid Prime, Citizen Sleeper, No Man's Sky, & more

Sat, 06/07/2025 - 11:00am
You don't have to stay at home to enjoy great games. Game on the go with the best space and sci-fi games on the Nintendo Switch.
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SpaceX fires up Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship's 10th test flight (video)

Sat, 06/07/2025 - 10:00am
SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with one of its Super Heavy boosters today (June 6), part of the prep work for the next test flight of the Starship megarocket.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 164 — Goodbye NASA?

Sat, 06/07/2025 - 9:43am
On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.
Categories: Astronomy