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It's been nearly a century since Chicago saw a powerful dust storm like this (photos)

A historic dust storm hit Chicago last month, and a weather satellite gave us a bird's-eye view of the dramatic event.

June's full 'Strawberry Moon' illuminates the night sky next week: Here's how to see it

Don't miss the 2025 full "Strawberry Moon" when it rises above the southeastern horizon on June 10.

'Flying Banana' traveling 125 mph fires laser into sky and catches aurora hunters off guard (video)

"The first time I spotted it, I thought at first it may have been a rare form of blue aurora but then realised it was moving too quickly."

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4E ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing to launch its 70th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year on Sunday morning. Onboard are 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, which will be deployed into low Earth orbit.

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SpaceX launches Sirius XM radio satellite to orbit, lands rocket on ship at sea (photos)

SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early Saturday morning (June 7), adding another spacecraft to the company's broadcasting constellation.

Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett

One year ago today, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station to begin its long-awaited Crew Flight Test with NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore onboard.

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NASA's Top 5 Technical Challenges Countdown: #5: High-Powered Robotics

In this series we are exploring NASA's top five challenges as detailed in its Civil Space Shortfall Ranking, which is basically NASA's Christmas wish list. These are the technologies that NASA believes we need to develop if we want to go to space…and stay there.

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Saving Gateway, SLS and Orion? Sen. Ted Cruz proposes $10 billion more for NASA's moon and Mars efforts

Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to win the new space race with China.

We Can Use Black Holes Particle Accelerators

With the federal government cutting funds for research, scientific organizations are facing a budget crunch. This includes astrophysics and cosmology, where researchers test theories fundamental to our understanding of the Universe. A good example is the search for Dark Matter (DM), which usually consists of smashing protons in particle accelerators to find evidence of this elusive particle. According to a recent study that appeared in the Physical Review Letters, black holes could represent a cheaper, natural alternative.

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Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface

The sharpest images ever captured of the sun reveal intricate magnetic structures dancing across its surface.

Best beginner binoculars 2025: Convenient, general use and affordable

These are the best beginner binoculars you can buy in every category, from the best overall and the best for stargazing to the best budget model.

Catch Jupiter and Mercury side by side in the evening sky this week

The solar system's largest and smallest planets will greet one another in the eastern sky.

European Mars orbiter spies crumbling crater 'soaked in layers of Martian history' (photo)

The Mars Express probe captured a striking new view of a Martian crater that holds clues to the planet's dynamic history spanning billions of years.

Vast cosmic voids are far from empty  — they're hiding something dark

The vast, seemingly empty spaces between galaxies are not entirely empty. So what's in these cosmic voids?

Week in images: 02-06 June 2025

Week in images: 02-06 June 2025

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Atlas V rocket to launch Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites on June 13

The second big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites will launch next Friday (June 13) from Florida, if all goes to plan.

New Measurements for M87's Supermassive Black Hole: Spin and Accretion Rate

The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and was the ideal first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists have taken a fresh look at the supermassive black hole using those iconic Event Horizon Telescope images and have now figured out just how fast this monster is spinning and how much material it's devouring.

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One of the best star projectors on the market — the Pococo Galaxy Star Projector — is at its lowest ever price ahead of Father's Day

The Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is currently 28% off and will arrive in time for Father's Day — and you can get its lowest-ever price before Prime Day too.

'Predator: Killer of Killers' is a battle across history that doesn't dwell on the franchise's past

The latest Predator movie – the series’ first foray into animation – is much more than a quick retread of old ideas in three distant settings.

ispace's Resilience Lander Proves the Moon is Still a Tough Customer

Japan's private space company ispace experienced another setback on Thursday 5th June when its Resilience lunar lander crashed into the surface of the Moon, marking the company's second consecutive failed landing attempt in just over two years.

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A hidden 'super-Earth' exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone

With 10 times the mass of our planet, and spending only part of its orbit in the habitable zone, Kepler-725c is very different to Earth.


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