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'Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission
Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.
Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself
El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 7 – 16
The waxing Moon reenters the sky as an evening crescent. Pollux and Castor keep it company. The Big Dipper hangs straight down. And can you still catch wintry Capella? The colder your latitude the better your chance.
Artificial gravity for Europe in space
Image: ESA and Vast memorandum signature at ILA
Earth from Space: Grand Bahama Island
Image: Ahead of World Ocean Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the west of Grand Bahama Island, in the Bahamas.
Astronauts are Practicing Lunar Operations in New Space Suits
Through the Artemis Program, NASA will send astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. While the challenges remain the same, the equipment has evolved, including the rocket, spacecraft, human landing system (HLS), and space suits. In preparation for Artemis III (planned for September 2026), NASA recently conducted a test where astronauts donned the new space suits developed by Axiom Space and practiced interacting with the hardware that will take them to the Moon.
Thruster glitches and helium leaks can't stop Boeing's Starliner astronaut test flight — but why are they happening?
Boeing's Starliner Crew Flight Test faced down thruster glitches and helium leaks to reach the International Space Station on June 6. Why all the glitches and is NASA worried?
The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration
Similar craters are found on Earth and the Moon, and are the product of volcanic, tectonic or even fluvial activity.
An Earth-sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Star
Red dwarf stars, also known as M-dwarfs, dominate the Milky Way’s stellar population. They can last for 100 billion years or longer. Since these long-lived stars make up the bulk of the stars in our galaxy, it stands to reason that they host the most planets.
A Mission to Uranus Could Also be a Gravitational Wave Detector
Despite being extraordinarily difficult to detect for the first time, gravitational waves can be found using plenty of different techniques. The now-famous first detection at LIGO in 2015 was just one of the various ways scientists had been looking. A new paper from researchers from Europe and the US proposes how scientists might be able to detect some more by tracking the exact position of the upcoming Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP).
'Most unique tree here:' Artemis Moon Tree planted at US Capitol
Reid Wiseman felt a little jealous about the tree that he and his crewmates helped dedicate on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. The NASA astronaut was, in a way, beaten to the moon by the sapling.
Rocky, carbon-rich exoplanets more likely around tiny stars, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
Astronomers using the JWST have discovered tiny stars may be better suited at birthing small, rocky planets with atmospheres dominated by carbon.
SpaceX Starship 4th flight test looks epic in these stunning photos
SpaceX conducted the fourth flight test of its Starship megarocket on June 6, putting on quite the show for photographers gathered near its Starbase facility in Texas.
Why We Look Up: Anticipation
Anticipation makes observing celestial delights all the sweeter.
Boeing's 1st Starliner to carry astronauts docks at ISS despite thruster malfunction
Boeing's Starliner capsule arrived at the ISS on its second try today (June 6), overcoming a problem with several of its reaction-control system thrusters.
Success! SpaceX’s Starship Makes a Splash in Fourth Flight Test
SpaceX’s Starship earned high marks today in its fourth uncrewed flight test, making significant progress in the development of a launch system that’s tasked with putting NASA astronauts on the moon by as early as 2026.
New moon of June 2024 tonight lets Saturn, Mars and Jupiter shine
The dark skies of the new moon of June 2024 will allow some of the naked eye planets to stand out late in the night after midnight.
Everything we know about 'Destiny 2: The Final Shape'
The Light and Darkness saga of Destiny 2, which contains the first ten years of Destiny, is ending with The Final Shape. This is everything we know about it.
