Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen...
Amazed, and as if astonished and stupefied, I stood still.

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SpaceX launches Sirius XM radio satellite to orbit, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

Sat, 06/07/2025 - 1:43am
SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early Saturday morning (June 7), adding another spacecraft to the company's broadcasting constellation.
Categories: Astronomy

Saving Gateway, SLS and Orion? Sen. Ted Cruz proposes $10 billion more for NASA's moon and Mars efforts

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 4:16pm
Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to win the new space race with China.
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Best beginner binoculars 2025: Convenient, general use and affordable

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 1:00pm
These are the best beginner binoculars you can buy in every category, from the best overall and the best for stargazing to the best budget model.
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Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 1:00pm
The sharpest images ever captured of the sun reveal intricate magnetic structures dancing across its surface.
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Catch Jupiter and Mercury side by side in the evening sky this week

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 12:00pm
The solar system's largest and smallest planets will greet one another in the eastern sky.
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European Mars orbiter spies crumbling crater 'soaked in layers of Martian history' (photo)

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 11:00am
The Mars Express probe captured a striking new view of a Martian crater that holds clues to the planet's dynamic history spanning billions of years.
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Vast cosmic voids are far from empty  — they're hiding something dark

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 10:00am
The vast, seemingly empty spaces between galaxies are not entirely empty. So what's in these cosmic voids?
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Atlas V rocket to launch Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites on June 13

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 9:00am
The second big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites will launch next Friday (June 13) from Florida, if all goes to plan.
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One of the best star projectors on the market — the Pococo Galaxy Star Projector — is at its lowest ever price ahead of Father's Day

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 7:00am
The Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is currently 28% off and will arrive in time for Father's Day — and you can get its lowest-ever price before Prime Day too.
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'Predator: Killer of Killers' is a battle across history that doesn't dwell on the franchise's past

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 7:00am
The latest Predator movie – the series’ first foray into animation – is much more than a quick retread of old ideas in three distant settings.
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A hidden 'super-Earth' exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 6:00am
With 10 times the mass of our planet, and spending only part of its orbit in the habitable zone, Kepler-725c is very different to Earth.
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Why does NASA's Perseverance rover keep taking pictures of this maze on Mars?

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 5:00am
NASA's Perseverance rover regularly images a Sherlock Holmes–themed maze to calibrate its chemical-hunting SHERLOC instrument.
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Elon Musk says SpaceX could begin 'decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft' after Trump threat to cancel contracts

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 6:56pm
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are having a very public disagreement at the moment, and NASA could get caught in the crosshairs.
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Marc Garneau, 1st Canadian astronaut to fly into space, dies at 76

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 6:00pm
The first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, Marc Garneau, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 76. In addition to his three launches, Garneau also led the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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Brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrives at pad for June 10 astronaut launch (photo)

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 5:00pm
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Ax-4 astronaut mission has arrived at its pad ahead of a planned June 10 launch.
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Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in 'hard landing,' ispace says

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 3:49pm
Japan's private Resilience lunar lander went dark just before it was scheduled to touch down on the moon today (June 5), raising doubts about the venture's success.
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'Star Wars: Zero Company' – Release window, trailers & everything we know

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 3:00pm
XCOM meets the Clone Wars in Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming squad-based strategy game coming in 2026.
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Fireball streaks through aurora-filled skies | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2025

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 2:00pm
Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 1:44pm
Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies.
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Don’t miss Spica shine with the waxing gibbous moon tonight

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm
Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.
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