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15 june 15h47

Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander for NASA Moon Base mission

Josh Dinner Astrobotic unveiled its next lander headed to the moon: Griffin-1, which will carry one of the heaviest payloads ever delivered to the lunar surface....

17h16

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st launch as a public company (video)

Robert Z. Pearlman A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, June 15, 2026. ...

15h47

These are the 7 best sci-fi games I saw at Summer Game Fest 2026

George Yang This is where the fun begins.

11h29

Everybody came with their A-game’: Oscar-winning sound editor Andy Nelson talks reuniting with Spielberg John Williams for ’Disclosure Day’

Jeff Spry The truth is, everybody came with their A-game. Because the script called for it. Steven definitely calls for it.’

14h44

NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way

Robert Lea NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles...

08h25

Live from the moon How lasers connected us all to NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip

Keith Cooper A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way...

10h43

Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy Space photo of the day for June 15, 2026

Chelsea Gohd This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.

08h34

Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: ’I was not expecting what I found’

Sharmila Kuthunur These results could benefit space weather forecasts.

00h07

Our experts recommend these image-stabilized Canon binoculars for stunning, steady views of the night sky, now 100 off in this early anti-Prime Day deal

Chris McMullen We rank these Canon 18x50 IS binoculars as the best for shake-free, high-magnification stargazing. Take advantage of this summer binocular deal for...

12 june 20h43

We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. ’Quantum gravity’ could help lead us to a mysterious 5th

Robert Lea Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.

15 june 16h50

Catch Mercury shining at its best tonight before it slips back into the sun’s glare

Anthony Wood Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15.

12 june 16h18

How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago

Neil Oseman Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels From the Earth to the Moon and All Around the Moon were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell...

21h32

New moon of June 2026 brings stunning views of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter

Anthony Wood The nights surrounding the new moon on June 14 are the perfect time to hunt for planets and sparkling constellations in the late spring sky. ...

11 june 19h14

We were astonished’: Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes

Robert Lea We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation.

12 june 07h53

Millions could see a rare sunset during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. Here’s where to look

Jamie Carter Plan now to be in the right place at the right time for an unforgettable show.

11 june 16h18

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 214 Moon Man

Space.com Staff On Episode 214 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about his past and the space...

12 june 14h59

Closer every day: A spectacular 30-day collage of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction (photo)

Anthony Wood Venus appeared to move closer to Jupiter in Earth’s sky, as the two planets drifted farther apart in space.

11 june 08h55

How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon

Keith Cooper An autonomous rolling rover that was able to transform from a sphere into a robot successfully explored a small part of the moon in 2024. ...

10 june 21h19

Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That’s how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments

Josh Dinner NASA took an unconventional approach to informing the astronauts of Artemis 3 about their crew assignments.

11 june 17h03

SpaceX’s stock wasn’t the company’s only launch today It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit

Robert Z. Pearlman Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market.

10 june 19h59

Japan’s H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites

Josh Dinner Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.

19h49

Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?

Keith Cooper The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.

19h59

Why is the US Space Force researching ’orbital warehouses’?

Elizabeth Howell As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space...

Disclosure Day’ review: A close encounter with Spielberg’s brilliance that doesn’t quite make contact

Ian Stokes Sensational performances and stunning cinematography just about cover for a predictable plot with nothing much to say.

As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it’: ’Star City’s’ Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV’s soviet space race spin-off (interview)

Jeff Spry I think it’s a really interesting environment to delve into. Ultimately, it’s a culture of survival.’

Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

Brett Tingley A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA’s launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another...

The critical robot arm on the ISS isn’t working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it

Elizabeth Howell A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on...

My quiet obsession with satellites and how they’re ruining everything

Jamie Carter From ruined photos to vanishing darkness, satellites are transforming the night sky and not always for the better.

SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.

Leonard David With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)

Robert Z. Pearlman Liftoff of the Falcon 9 was at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 11) as anticipation soared for SpaceX to debut on the NASDAQ.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers ’galaxy-killing’ wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

Samantha Mathewson A galaxy-killing wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than...

Don’t miss this beautiful 3-planet parade after sunset tonight it won’t last long

Jules-Pierre Malartre Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will form a striking 3-planet parade low above the western horizon after sunset tonight (June 12), offering a brief but...

Star City’’s Agnes O’Casey and Anna Maxwell Martin spill the tea on Soviet severity, fighting for trousers, and furry hats

Jeff Spry It’s not a big deal that they’re women in their fields. They’re just sort of surviving and ruthless.’

Grab our best telescope for beginners with 100 off the Celestron NexStar 4SE

Harry Bennett Celestron’s iconic orange NexStar series is on sale on Amazon and includes the smallest of the set, the NexStar 4SE, a perfect first telescope for...

Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from a glacier Space photo of the day for June 11, 2026

Chelsea Gohd Changes in the Southern Patagonia Icefield can be seen from space

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2’ upgrades the sci-fi action shooter to the state-of-the-badass art

George Yang We got tactical and stayed frosty for our preview of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, guided by game director Chris Cross.

Why do stars appear different colors in the night sky?

Joe Rao Discover why some stars shine blue, white, orange or red and what those colors tell us about the cosmos.

Elon Musk wants to put 1 million AI satellites in space. Here’s how SpaceX could do it

Elizabeth Howell SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Friday (June 12)...

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James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious ’little red dots’ are black hole stars

Robert Lea Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of little red dots in the early universe.

NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut crew amid backlash: ’I don’t think anyone should be reading into this’

Elizabeth Howell The four astronauts named to the Artemis 3 crew are all male, but NASA officials emphasized they were selected based on their qualifications and...

Voltron: Legendary Defender’ turns 10 today, and we think this mecha robot reboot was just as good as ’Power Rangers’ and ’Transformers’

Sergio Pereira Voltron may sound like an ointment for back pain, but the reboot Legendary Defender demonstrates that there’s more to the big stompy robots concept...

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have created a vast underground habitat for life that lasted 8 million years

Samantha Mathewson The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth’s most enduring habitats for life.

Doctor Who’ Christmas Special is cancelled as Russell T. Davies departs the show: What does this mean for the future of Doctor Who?

Matthew Razak The Whos in Whoville won’t have a very merry Christmas this year.

Jupiter and Venus looked spectacular in this week’s planetary conjunction. Here are our favorite photos

Anthony Wood Venus and Jupiter passed close to one another, setting the stage for a captivating planetary photoshoot.

NASA’s ambitious Artemis 3 mission includes 3 giant rocket launches, 2 private moon landers and 1 big question: Can it all work together?

Josh Dinner NASA’s Artemis 3 mission in 2027 looks to be one of agency’s most complicated missions ever, with three giant rocket launches and two private moon...

Gears of War E-Day developer The Coalition explains why the prequel was ’just too good to pass up’

George Yang We checked out Gears of War E-Day and chatted to the devs at Summer Games Fest, to find out more about the latest chapter in the Gears saga. ...

Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you Space photo of the day for June 10, 2026

Chelsea Gohd A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Messier 88 (M88) galaxy, also known as NGC 4501, in all of its swirling glory. ...

NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?

Paul Sutter A new study analyzed how NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory might be able to confidently spot biosignatures in the atmosphere of a distant ancient...

Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to know about the ’ring of fire’ on Feb. 6

Jamie Carter Here’s where and when to see the ’ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse on Feb. 6, 2027