An Island of Calm at the Violent Heart of the Galaxy
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Two Planets Lighter Than Candy Floss
How flimsy and fluffy can a world be? We tend to picture planets as solid, weighty things and…
The 4 Luckiest Signs During June’s Strawberry Full Moon
The first full moon of summer peaks on June 29 at 7:56 p.m. Eastern time. The lunation, which…
Who is Amanda Nguyen: Meet the rape survivor who became the first Vietnamese woman in space on Blue Origin’s historic mission |
Image: Space for Humanity History was made when Amanda Nguyen crossed the Kármán line aboard Blue Origin’s New…
Starwatch: Ophiuchus the serpent bearer, straddling the celestial equator | Space
This week we will look for another large but faint constellation: Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. One of the…
SpaceX’s Debt-Financing Deal: Answering 4 Key Questions for Investors
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: SpaceX keeps finding new ways to send ripples through markets of…
How Many Starlink Satellites Can SpaceX Launch This Year?
Space Exploration Technologies’s (NASDAQ: SPCX) Starlink internet service is perhaps its most successful venture to date. This business…
Solar storm stunned scientists by swelling far faster than expected
The sun throws clouds of hot, magnetized gas into space on a regular basis. For years, scientists figured…
Look up Monday evening for the full strawberry moon :: WRAL.com
Look to the southeastern sky Monday evening and you’ll see June’s full moon rising just after sunset. Astronomically,…
From interplanetary spaceships to lunar reactors, our future in space looks nuclear-powered
Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to…
Hubble Spots Two Galaxy Clusters in the Process of Merging
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope continues to survey the cosmos and capture images of amazing astronomical events. One…
This is the most detailed image of the Milky Way’s crowded heart yet.
Posted Jun 28, 2026 at 5:47 PM UTC This is the most detailed image of the Milky Way’s…