Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

— Inscription on Columbus' caravels

Astronomy

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.
Categories: Astronomy

'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'.
Categories: Astronomy

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. 

Categories: Astronomy

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
Categories: Astronomy

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
Categories: Astronomy

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

Categories: Astronomy

'Impossible' particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 8:09am
We may already have had our first-ever encounter with dark matter, according to researchers who say a mysteriously high-energy particle detected in 2023 is not a neutrino after all, but something far stranger
Categories: Astronomy

'Impossible' particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 8:09am
We may already have had our first-ever encounter with dark matter, according to researchers who say a mysteriously high-energy particle detected in 2023 is not a neutrino after all, but something far stranger
Categories: Astronomy

Savudrija Star Trails

APOD - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 8:00am

Savudrija Star Trails


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Looking for a last-minute Father's Day gift? These Bushnell binoculars are brilliant value with this $60 price cut

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 7:24am
Get the Bushnell 10x42mm Trophy at its best price this year — a fantastic pair of budget binoculars for skywatching on the go.
Categories: Astronomy

The arid air of Death Valley may actually be a valuable water source

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 6:00am
An innovative device extracted a small glassful of water from the air of Death Valley desert over one day
Categories: Astronomy

The arid air of Death Valley may actually be a valuable water source

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 6:00am
An innovative device extracted a small glassful of water from the air of Death Valley desert over one day
Categories: Astronomy

Why Some Animals Live for Days and Others Live for Decades

Scientific American.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 6:00am

Could the spectrum of animal lifespans hold clues about the science of aging?

Categories: Astronomy

Cosmic rings reveal new planet being born | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2025

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 6:00am
Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.
Categories: Astronomy

June's Strawberry Moon treats skywatchers to a rare low-riding show (photos)

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 5:52am
Here are the best photos of the lowest full moon in over a decade.
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Astronomers see the 1st stars dispel darkness 13 billion years ago at 'Cosmic Dawn'

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 5:00am
The CLASS telescope array has taken a fresh look at the infant universe to hunt for polarized light in the Cosmic Microwave Background that resembles light bouncing off a cosmic car hood.
Categories: Astronomy

ESA Impact: Pick of our spring space snaps

ESO Top News - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 3:30am

ESA Impact: Pick of our spring space snaps

Categories: Astronomy

Propellant leak delays SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronaut mission to the ISS

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:13am
SpaceX is standing down from the planned June 11 launch of the Ax-4 private astronaut mission due to a liquid oxygen leak in its Falcon 9 rocket. No new target date has been announced.
Categories: Astronomy