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• 15:00Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip
• 14:00Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for 15, 2026
• 13:00Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found'
• 11:28Our 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
• 10:00We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
• 15:00Catch Mercury shining at its best on June 15 before it slips back into the sun's glare
• 14:00How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago
• 13:00New moon of June 2026 brings stunning views of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter
• 10:00'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes
• 14:00Millions could see a rare sunset during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's where to look
• 13:00Closer every day: A spectacular 30-day collage of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction (photo)
• 10:00How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon
• 22:00Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That's how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments
• 20:19SpaceX's stock wasn't the company's only launch today - It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit
• 20:03Japan's H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites
• 20:00Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?
• 18:00Why is the US Space Force researching 'orbital warehouses'?
• 16:00'Disclosure Day' review: A close encounter with Spielberg's brilliance that doesn't quite make contact
• 15:00'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)
• 14:00Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026
• 13:00The critical robot arm on the ISS isn't working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it
• 12:00My quiet obsession with satellites - and how they're ruining everything
• 10:00SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.
• 20:00SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)
• 19:00James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young
• 18:00Don't miss this beautiful 3-planet parade after sunset tonight - it won't last long
• 17:00'Star City''s Agnes O'Casey and Anna Maxwell Martin spill the tea on Soviet severity, fighting for trousers, and furry hats
• 15:00Grab our best telescope for beginners with $100 off the Celestron NexStar 4SE
• 14:00Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from a glacier | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2026
• 13:00'Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2' upgrades the sci-fi action shooter to the state-of-the-badass art