SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st launch as a public company (video)
SpaceX sent 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on Monday (June 15) — a number that nearly matched the…
Today’s New Moon Is 2026’s Closest — And A Rare ‘Supermoon’ You Can’t See
Today’s super new moon is 2026’s closest new moon, with a similar phenomena on August 12, 2026, causing…
Melbourne’s highest full moon of 2026 will shine above the city this month
Checked out Lightscape, and keen for a more natural dose of night-time winter wonder? Mark your cals for…
NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way
NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star near the supermassive black hole…
NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Available for Prelaunch Virtual Interviews
NASA astronaut Anil Menon will be available for limited media interviews beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June…
Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks
“We threatened we would put astronauts in suits, in Dragon, to send a message to world that we…
Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: ‘I was not expecting what I found’
Scientists may have finally seen the sun telegraph an eruption hours before it happened — and the one…
A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here’s what that means
For the first time, an Earth observation satellite has found what it was looking for — on its…
The 12 Scariest Words in SpaceX’s Prospectus All but Confirm an Imminent Fleecing of Retail Investors
It’s now official: Elon Musk’s SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) has surpassed overseas oil titan Saudi Aramco as the largest…
We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. ‘Quantum gravity’ could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of…
On June 9, 2026, NASA named Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano as pilot of Artemis 3, making him the first European ever assigned to an Artemis crew — and within hours ESA’s director general framed the seat not as a courtesy but as the opening move in a negotiation to put a European on the surface of the Moon
On 9 June 2026, inside a room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the agency named the…
New moon of June 2026 brings stunning views of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter
June’s new moon is finally upon us, bringing with it a handful of precious dark nights in which…