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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast, lands booster on ship at sea

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 11:15am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Tuesday morning (June 10), carrying 23 Starlink satellites to orbit.
Categories: Astronomy

Crashed lander looks back at Earth from the moon | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2025

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 10:00am
The private company's Resilience moon lander could almost see Japan if it weren't for the clouds.
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We're halfway between the April 2024 and August 2026 total solar eclipses: Here's why we're excited

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 9:00am
429 days down, 429 to go until the next total solar eclipse.
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Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3 trailer promises new worlds, new adventures, and new romances (video)

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 7:00am
The Enterprise crew launches into more bold sci-fi encounters starting July 17, and Paramount just dropped a new trailer and a bunch of posters for fans.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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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