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June 18
- James Webb Space Telescope finds a salty surprise on famous 'Pink Planet'
- Jared Leto's unreal Skeletor transformation for 'Masters of the Universe' only took '15 minutes' (interview)
- Watch SpaceX launch new batch of US spy satellites from California early on June 19
- You can get my favorite image-stabilized binoculars for their cheapest ever price in this incredible anti-Prime Day deal
- Sun-like star may have swallowed an exoplanet with help from a mysterious companion: 'You are what you eat, right?'
- Astrophotographer captures a cosmic lagoon glowing 5,200 light-years from Earth (photo)
- These Mars valleys are hiding 30 dust devils | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2026
- 'It's quite a bit more than we expected': Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering
- Astronomers solve the mystery of black holes' delayed cosmic 'burps'
- NASA's Perseverance rover just ran a marathon on Mars. Could you do the same?
June 17
- One of these twin stars has likely been snacking on exoplanets
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers extreme exoplanet being roasted by its home star
- Warframe's latest update is all about space combat, constellations, and cosmic mythology
- The 10 best sci-fi TV shows of the 2000s
- A volcanic eruption seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 17, 2026
- Was life delivered to Earth by asteroids with a helping hand from Jupiter?
- 'Best. Mars. Mission. Ever.' Scientists hail MAVEN's legacy as NASA retires Red Planet orbiter
- Stream Season 3 of Silo in safety, anywhere, with 70% off 24 months of ProtonVPN Plus
- NASA discussing bold mission to boost Swift space telescope today: Listen live
June 16
- NASA X-ray spacecraft catches jet erupting from 1st supermassive black hole imaged by humanity
- European rocket launches record-breaking mission with Amazon internet satellites (video)
- Look up! The moon and Venus will stage a rare daytime disappearing act today
- The Nikon Z fc is our choice as the best budget camera — this retro-inspired beauty is at its best price of the year in this early Amazon Prime Day deal
- Watch a fireball burn a 300 mile path above the Midwest US (video)
- The crescent moon joins 3 planets in a beautiful sunset sky show tonight
- SpaceX IPO brings Starship to NYC | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2026
- Move over 'Mass Effect': 'Exodus' just got an extended gameplay reveal, and we are beyond hyped for this sci-fi RPG
- SpaceX launches 3 huge BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites from Florida (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope forecasts extreme weather on exoplanet that rains rubies and sapphires
- Home again! SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down off California coast
June 15
- Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander for NASA Moon Base mission
- SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st launch as a public company (video)
- These are the 7 best sci-fi games I saw at Summer Game Fest 2026
- 'Everybody came with their A-game': Oscar-winning sound editor Andy Nelson talks reuniting with Spielberg & John Williams for 'Disclosure Day'
- NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way
- Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip
- Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for June 15, 2026
- Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found'
- 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
- We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
June 14
- Catch Mercury shining at its best tonight before it slips back into the sun's glare
- How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago
- New moon of June 2026 brings stunning views of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter
- 'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes
June 13
- Millions could see a rare sunset during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's where to look
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 214 — Moon Man
- Closer every day: A spectacular 30-day collage of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction (photo)
- How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon
June 12
- Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That's how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments
- SpaceX's stock wasn't the company's only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit
- Japan's H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites
- Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?
- Why is the US Space Force researching 'orbital warehouses'?
- 'Disclosure Day' review: A close encounter with Spielberg's brilliance that doesn't quite make contact
- '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)
- Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026
- The critical robot arm on the ISS isn't working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it
- My quiet obsession with satellites — and how they're ruining everything
- SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.
June 11
- SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young
- Don't miss this beautiful 3-planet parade after sunset tonight — it won't last long
- 'Star City''s Agnes O'Casey and Anna Maxwell Martin spill the tea on Soviet severity, fighting for trousers, and furry hats
- Grab our best telescope for beginners with $100 off the Celestron NexStar 4SE
- Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from a glacier | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2026
- 'Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2' upgrades the sci-fi action shooter to the state-of-the-badass art
- Why do stars appear different colors in the night sky?
- Elon Musk wants to put 1 million AI satellites in space. Here's how SpaceX could do it
- Don't miss out on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 — stream it from anywhere at warp speed using this Norton VPN deal, now up to 70% off
June 10
- James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars
- NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut crew amid backlash: 'I don't think anyone should be reading into this'
- 'Voltron: Legendary Defender' turns 10 today, and we think this mecha robot reboot was just as good as 'Power Rangers' and 'Transformers'
- The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have created a vast underground habitat for life that lasted 8 million years
- 'Doctor Who' Christmas Special is cancelled as Russell T. Davies departs the show: What does this mean for the future of Doctor Who?
- Jupiter and Venus looked spectacular in this week's planetary conjunction. Here are our favorite photos
- NASA's ambitious Artemis 3 mission includes 3 giant rocket launches, 2 private moon landers and 1 big question: Can it all work together?
- Gears of War E-Day developer The Coalition explains why the prequel was 'just too good to pass up'
- Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2026
- NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?
- Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to know about the 'ring of fire' on Feb. 6
- Strange 'spacetime crystals' could give birth to tiny black holes
June 9
- These record-breaking black hole winds could create a category 79 hurricane on Earth
- Thruster breakthrough? New 2-in-1 propulsion system is about to get an in-space test
- Do galaxies have a 'kill switch' that makes them stop growing?
- NASA reveals Artemis 3 astronauts for critical moon lander test flight
- Don't miss the moon and Saturn put on a spectacular show before sunrise June 10
- 'This is actually taking a page out of the Communist Party playbook': New White House proposal could deny scientists funding based on their political opinions
- Astronaut captures snake-like auroras from a SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 9, 2026
- Why Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' feels like the most exciting sci-fi release of the year
- How should we handle alien detection in a world of AI, deepfakes and social media? This committee is writing the rulebook
- Watch the Jupiter-Venus conjunction unfold live online today
June 8
- Scientists propose spraying chemicals into Earth's magnetic field to protect us from powerful solar storms
- James Webb Space Telescope weighs 'sleeping giant' black hole from 10 billion light-years away — and it's 6 billion times our sun's mass
- Why do Venus and Jupiter meet up in the sky so often? It's a symptom of a solar system that supports life on Earth
- 'Evolution' at 25: A perfect fusion of 'Ghostbusters' and 'Men in Black' that's become a sci-fi comedy classic
- This former Paralympic athlete could become the 1st person with a physical disability to live in orbit
- SpaceX just launched — and landed — a Falcon 9 rocket booster for the 35th time. That's a new record. (video)
- Get ready for the next Pentagon file drop with our essential UFO reading list
- Don't miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction tonight: Here's where and when to look
- Astronaut spots Mount Vesuvius from space | Space photo of the day for June 8, 2026
- Incoming CME could spark impressive northern lights over the northern US tonight
- 'It's very aesthetically pleasing.' Prada and Axiom just revealed the stylish cooling suit Artemis astronauts will wear under their spacesuits on the moon
- Rare daytime meteor shower peak this week — here's how to see (and even hear) them
- Is this the next Artemis crew? A look at the astronauts on NASA's shortlist
June 7
- Trouble near the Milky Way: The Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping its smaller neighbor galaxy apart
- 10 best Spanish beaches to see the total solar eclipse 2026
- 'Rick and Morty' creators on their inspirations as season 9 tackles the multiverse, evolution, and a kung-fu fight in a Trader Joe's parking lot (interview)
- Could meteor storms harm NASA's future moon missions?
June 6
- How 'Spider-Noir' captured the multiverse in True-Hue Full Color and Authentic Black & White (interview)
- Who is Lobo, the cigar-smoking alien bounty hunter in 'Supergirl'?
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 213 — Live From ISDC With Gerry Griffin
- Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates new trailer for upcoming Broadway musical, 'Galileo'
- I resisted smart telescopes for years — then one changed my life
June 5
- Going supersonic! NASA's X-59 jet breaks sound barrier for the 1st time
- DC Studios lights the fuse on a sensational final 'Supergirl' trailer and it's totally peak (video)
- Inside the cruel confines of Apple TV's 'Star City' with star Rhys Ifans and series creators (interview)
- Scientists find wind blowing from our Milky Way's black hole after half-century search: 'There it is'
- 'Masters of the Universe' is spacier than we expected (and it's awesome)
- Astrophotographer captures colossal 'Godzilla' plasma cloud stalking the edge of the sun (video)
- Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak
- Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline a stunning planet parade through June. Here's when to see it
- Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026
- $1.77 trillion! SpaceX is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company
- One of the sky's rarest phenomena is back: How to see rare night-shining clouds this summer
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is blasting out a bunch of methane. Here's why that's weird
June 4
- Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'
- August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% 'blood moon'
- SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)
- 12 of the weirdest 'Masters of the Universe' characters
- Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'
- NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It's not the only probe in the Mars morgue
- A rainbow patchwork quilt shows agriculture from space | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2026
- 'Silo' season 3 trailer teases showing us how the world ended (video)
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spacecraft: SETI hunt for 'technosignatures' comes up empty
- Unistellar blasts 15% off its entire smart telescope range in Father's Day 2026 sale
- Meteorite found in Sahara desert may be 1st evidence of lost solar system world
- Aurora alert! 4 Earth-bound CMEs could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight
June 3
- Black holes could 'leak' long enough to become white holes that weigh no more than a flea's egg
- Forget 'Masters of the Universe', the best live-action He-Man and Skeletor encounter was in an insurance commercial
- 'The mirror passed with flying colors': NASA just took its last look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before launch
- The 9 best one-season space and sci-fi shows of all time
- Our choice for the best deep-space viewing telescope — now with $200 off, this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast
- Blue Origin says New Glenn rocket will launch again 'before the end of the year' after explosion
- Sun erupts with 3 colossal solar flares in less than 24 hours, boosting chances for northern lights
- Like 'the loss of a loved one': NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN is officially dead after months of radio silence
- Spain's total solar eclipse 2026 comes with a catch — here's how to avoid ruining your view
- Happy Pride Month! Remembering Sally Ride's historic legacy | Space photo of the day for June 3, 2026
- Scientists call for a secure lunar quarantine facility for extraterrestrial samples: 'The moon may become humanity's first line of biological defense'
- New 'Stargate' show cancelled at Amazon MGM
- Astrophotographer captures breathtaking view of 548 galaxies from a balcony
- This star system creates a rare triple eclipse. Here's what that would look like
June 2
- 'The movie has tremendous heart': We sat down with the director of 'Masters of the Universe' to learn how he found 'the power' for the new He-Man
- Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim
- China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video)
- Casio's 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' watches will show you the time, as well as the way
- SpaceX wins $4 billion Space Force contract for satellites that target 'airborne threats' anywhere on Earth
- 'Total War: Warhammer 40,000': Release window, gameplay, factions & everything else we know about this upcoming grimdark sci-fi strategy game
- 'Hot Jupiter' winds blasting at over 15,000 mph reveal 1st evidence of exoplanets with magnetic fields
- 10 easy places to see the total solar eclipse 2026 from Spain's major vacation destinations
- Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026
- Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory Mark II smart telescope review
- Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms
- Unlocking 'the true space age': Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft
- Will SpaceX still be a launch company after its historic IPO?
June 1
- How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
- Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal
- 'The Lone Gunmen' at 25: the underrated 'X-Files' spin-off that aspired to be 'Mission: Impossible' with geeks
- Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space
- NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month
- It had the power! The weird origins of He-Man, Skeletor, and the 'Masters of the Universe'
- The 2026 hurricane season has begun. Will this year be calmer?
- Manhattanhenge is back! | Space photo of the day for June 1, 2026
- 3 bright planets light up June's night sky — Here's where and when to look
- Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'
- May's Blue Moon wows stargazers worldwide — see these stunning photos of the smallest full moon of 2026
- 'A pretty significant setback': How Blue Origin's rocket explosion affects NASA's moon plans