We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

— Oscar Wilde

Astronomy

'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces of Uranus' largest moons.
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Watch June's full Strawberry Moon skim the southern horizon with these free livestreams tonight

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 1:21pm
This month's full Strawberry Moon rides low across the southern sky via livestream on June 11.
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Join ESA at the International Paris Air Show 2025

ESO Top News - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:46pm

Join the European Space Agency at the new Paris Space Hub during this year’s International Paris Air Show.

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New Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws

Scientific American.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:30pm

Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in the U.S.—and states with loose gun control laws bear the heaviest burden, a new study found

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Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:16pm
Implants that monitor the neural activity of frog embryos as they grow into tadpoles and then adults could offer a window into the developing brain
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Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:16pm
Implants that monitor the neural activity of frog embryos as they grow into tadpoles and then adults could offer a window into the developing brain
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Mind-reading AI turns paralysed man's brainwaves into instant speech

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
A brain-computer interface has enabled a man with paralysis to have real-time conversations, without the usual delay in speech
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Mind-reading AI turns paralysed man's brainwaves into instant speech

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
A brain-computer interface has enabled a man with paralysis to have real-time conversations, without the usual delay in speech
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The man quietly spending $1 billion on climate action

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
From geoengineering to anti-methane cow vaccines and green aviation fuel, meet the former nuclear physicist helping to decide which climate change technologies hold the most promise
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The man quietly spending $1 billion on climate action

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
From geoengineering to anti-methane cow vaccines and green aviation fuel, meet the former nuclear physicist helping to decide which climate change technologies hold the most promise
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James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
In two related firsts, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered sand-filled rains on a distant exoplanet as its "sandcastle" partner world forms from sandy matter before the eyes of astronomers.
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Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:38am
Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11).
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These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:00am
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a tilted orbit around the sun, letting it take some unusual pictures
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These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:00am
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a tilted orbit around the sun, letting it take some unusual pictures
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Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:00am
The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.
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'We're out of time.' Watch Apple TV+'s thrilling new 'Foundation' Season 3 trailer (video)

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:02am
Apple TV+ released a Season 3 trailer for its far-future sci-fi saga 'Foundation'.
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Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

ESO Top News - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:01am

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar cycle and the workings of space weather. 

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Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:00am
With tech giants like Google developing ways for AI models to communicate and work together, there are fears that smaller players could get left behind in the rush to unleash AI agents on the internet
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Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:00am
With tech giants like Google developing ways for AI models to communicate and work together, there are fears that smaller players could get left behind in the rush to unleash AI agents on the internet
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Solar Orbiter Captures the First-Ever Images of the Sun’s South Pole

Scientific American.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:00am

Solar Orbiter isn’t the first spacecraft to study the sun’s poles—but it’s the first to send back photographs

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