These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

— William Shakespeare

Astronomy

NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula

APOD - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 12:00pm

The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronauts postponed indefinitely due to leaky ISS module

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 11:41am
The launch of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission has been delayed again, this time by a leaky Russian module on the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 11:00am
By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects that mimic them
Categories: Astronomy

Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 11:00am
By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects that mimic them
Categories: Astronomy

An entrepreneur wants to build a giant net to catch spacecraft landing on the moon, but can it be done?

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 11:00am
This novel idea could become an important piece of a future moon economy.
Categories: Astronomy

Gaze at the Orion Nebula together - eVscope 2 is $570 off for Father's Day

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 11:00am
This Unistellar eVscope 2 is one of the best smart telescopes for easy observation of the night sky and it's $570 off for Father's Day
Categories: Astronomy

Aurora alert! Moderate geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as New York and Idaho on June 14

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 10:34am
Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as northern lights might be possible at mid-latitudes.
Categories: Astronomy

Satellite images show a dramatic decline in Antarctica's emperor penguin population — and it's happening faster than we thought (photos)

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 10:00am
One region of the continent saw a 22% decline in emperor penguin numbers over 15 years.
Categories: Astronomy

334th ESA Council: Media information session

ESO Top News - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 9:30am
Video: 01:15:00

Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) brief journalists on the key decisions made during the ESA Council meeting held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 11–12 June 2025.

Categories: Astronomy

June full moon shines on SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2025

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 9:00am
SpaceX's private Dragon spacecraft was treated to a stunning view in the night sky under June's full moon.
Categories: Astronomy

The 10 best Father's Day Amazon deals — telescopes, Lego, star projectors and more

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 8:10am
Discover the 10 best Father's Day deals on Amazon right now with offers on telescopes, star projectors, model rockets, Lego and more.
Categories: Astronomy

Trump's 2026 budget cuts would force the world's most powerful solar telescope to close

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 8:00am
"There's no way for us to operate such a complex facility."
Categories: Astronomy

Brain Implant Lets Man with ALS Speak and Sing with His ‘Real Voice’

Scientific American.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 8:00am

A new brain-computer interface turns thoughts into singing and expressive speech in real time

Categories: Astronomy

Blockbuster New Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Change Astronomy Forever

Scientific American.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 7:00am

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes combined

Categories: Astronomy

Injured Skin Cells Fire like Neurons to ‘Scream’ for Help

Scientific American.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 6:45am

Our skin’s epithelial cells send electrical signals like neurons to cry out for help

Categories: Astronomy

Can any nation protect against a Ukraine-style drone smuggling attack?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 6:20am
Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb showed how small, cheap drones can be smuggled into a country and used against expensive military hardware. Now, there are concerns that nations like the US and UK aren't ready to defend against a similar attack
Categories: Astronomy

Can any nation protect against a Ukraine-style drone smuggling attack?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 6:20am
Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb showed how small, cheap drones can be smuggled into a country and used against expensive military hardware. Now, there are concerns that nations like the US and UK aren't ready to defend against a similar attack
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope discovers smallest 'failed stars' ever seen

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 6:00am
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the smallest brown dwarfs ever seen with the potential to form planets and surrounded by mysterious molecules.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's PUNCH delivers knockout views of colossal solar storms erupting from sun (video)

Space.com - Thu, 06/12/2025 - 5:00am
"These first images are astonishing, but the best is still yet to come."
Categories: Astronomy

This Map of the Cosmic Web Reaches Back in Time

Universe Today - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 7:46pm

The COSMOS scientific collaboration has released the largest map of the Universe ever created. It contains almost 800,000 galaxies, some from the Universe's earliest times. The map challenges some of our ideas about the early Universe.

Categories: Astronomy