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SpaceX's next Starship breathes fire for 1st time in prelaunch test (video)

About a month has passed since the first launch of SpaceX's "Version 3" Starship rocket, and the spaceflight company has already begun testing on its next such vehicle.

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China plans to double the size of its Tiangong space station while the ISS nears its end

China plans to add three new modules to Tiangong along with a co-orbiting space telescope, as the ISS heads for a Pacific splashdown.

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Watch out for the giant scorpion hiding in the summer sky

Scorpius is one of the few constellations that actually resembles its namesake — and this summer is the perfect time to find it.

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Watch a 'Potentially hazardous asteroid' the size of a skyscraper close in on Earth live online tonight

"An asteroid of this size comes this close roughly once every ten years".

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Neon green auroras from space will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2026

This is truly a view like no other.

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NASA's canceled Artemis hardware contracts reached $5.9 billion, audit finds

A memo issued by NASA Office of Inspector General highlights huge cost increases and extended timelines for Artemis program hardware that has since been canceled.

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NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it?

NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere.

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June's Strawberry Moon is unlike any other full moon. Here's why

Think all full moons look the same? June's Strawberry Moon rises and sets at extreme points, tracing an unusually low path across the Northern Hemisphere sky.

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Rocket Lab launches 'Ten Owl of Ten' mission, sending up Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite (video)

Rocket Lab launched the "Ten Owl of Ten" mission from New Zealand today (June 26), adding to Japanese company Synspective's imaging constellation.

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Two 'super-puff' cotton candy exoplanets are the lightest gas giants ever discovered

Astronomers have discovered two "super-puff" exoplanets orbiting the same star that have densities lower than cotton candy, making them the lightest worlds ever seen.

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Supergirl's brilliant poster is a reminder that they don't make sci-fi movie posters like they used to

What's with all the boring montages of Jedi and superheroes? It's time to resurrect a lost art.

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James Webb Space Telescope catches 6 galaxies merging into one of the largest galaxies in the universe

A supermassive black hole is also coming together at the heart of this galaxy maelstrom.

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I got a sneak peek at space shuttle Endeavour's new home in California, and it's breathtaking (photos)

The spectacular new Air & Space Center, which is more than three decades in the making, will open on Nov. 13.

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A SpaceX rocket will slam into the moon this August. Will we be able to see it?

A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is set to impact the moon this August, but experts aren't sure if the crash will be visible from Earth.

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'F9' took a car into space, but 5 years on, just how ridiculous was the scene? We asked the experts

Even Universal Pictures thought it was silly when Fast & Furious took a car into space in 2021. Pump the brakes on the jokes, though, as the experts reveal there's more to this scene than meets the eye.

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Summer solstice seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 25, 2026

Just after the summer solstice, a European weather satellite managed to capture a striking image of this celestial moment from space.

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Another 'Star' is born: SpaceX names AI megaconstellation 'Starmind'

SpaceX will call its planned AI megaconstellation "Starmind," continuing the company's stellar naming theme.

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What time is it on the moon? The US and China disagree

Why making lunar standard time is in everyone's best interests.

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3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain."

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NASA's aging infrastructure can't handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns

NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.

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This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made.

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'50% superhero and 50% noir, but 100% totally new': 'Spider-Noir' composers on injecting retro style into the superhero multiverse (interview)

'I feel like we were encouraged to fail in the best way possible, where we never felt any idea was too crazy for this team.'

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Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

"Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater."

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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two dozen Starlink satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday night (June 24).

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NASA sent a FIFA World Cup 2026 ball to the ISS so astronauts can test their footwork in zero gravity (video)

Soccer balls are tricky to design for proper spin. NASA highlighted how it is helping with FIFA ball design — and providing entertainment for ISS astronauts.

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