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Astrophotographer captures colossal 'Godzilla' plasma cloud stalking the edge of the sun (video)

Remarkable backyard footage captures giant solar prominence and streams of coronal rain flowing along the sun's magnetic field lines.

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Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak

ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russian side of the orbiting lab.

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Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline a stunning planet parade through June. Here's when to see it

Three planets, two stars and one moon create a spectacular June sky show.

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Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026

Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory.

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$1.77 trillion! SpaceX is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company

SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion.

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One of the sky's rarest phenomena is back: How to see rare night-shining clouds this summer

Night shining noctilucent clouds could brighten the sky before dawn and after sunset from tonight!

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is blasting out a bunch of methane. Here's why that's weird

The James Webb Space Telescope observed a large amount of methane around 3I/ATLAS, revealing just how different it is from comets from our solar system.

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Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'

Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf stars.

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August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% 'blood moon'

A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028.

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SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.

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12 of the weirdest 'Masters of the Universe' characters

By the power of… what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were strange, they've got nothing on He-Man and Skeletor's entourages.

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Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines.

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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

NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.

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A rainbow patchwork quilt shows agriculture from space | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2026

A rainbow blanket of patchwork colors sprawls across South Africa in this new composite image created using data from NASA's latest Earth-observing mission.

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'Silo' season 3 trailer teases showing us how the world ended (video)

'There’s a new world coming, and it's just around the bend.'

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spacecraft: SETI hunt for 'technosignatures' comes up empty

Scientists failed to find radio signals emanating from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, further bolstering its status as a natural object, not one made by aliens.

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Meteorite found in Sahara desert may be 1st evidence of lost solar system world

A rare meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert contains evidence of a long-lost moon-size world that existed just a few million years after the solar system formed.

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Can black holes turn into white holes? It's not such a crazy idea, scientists say

New research suggests primordial black holes born during the Big Bang could live much longer than previously estimated — long enough to become energy-spewing white holes.

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Forget 'Masters of the Universe', the best live-action He-Man and Skeletor encounter was in an insurance commercial

He-Man and Skeletor had the power … the power to dance as the Ballroom Masters of the Universe.

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Like 'the loss of a loved one': NASA's Mars orbiter MAVEN is officially dead after months of radio silence

NASA has declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after Red Planet anomaly led to months of lost contact.

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'The mirror passed with flying colors': NASA just took its last look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before launch

NASA engineers completed their final inspection of the Roman telescope's primary mirror and are now preparing to ship the telescope to its Florida launch site.

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The 9 best one-season space and sci-fi shows of all time

One-and-done still hits the sweet spot with these (inter)stellar space shows.

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Blue Origin says New Glenn rocket will launch again 'before the end of the year' after explosion

After its rocket explosion, Blue Origin wants to complete repairs and put another New Glenn on the launchpad before the end of 2026, according to CEO Dave Limp. That's very ambitious.

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Spain's total solar eclipse 2026 comes with a catch — here's how to avoid ruining your view

With the eclipse occurring near sunset over a complex landscape, eclipse chasers must do their research before the big moment on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's what to do.

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Happy Pride Month! Remembering Sally Ride's historic legacy | Space photo of the day for June 3, 2026

In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Nearly three decades later, we learned that she had also been an LGBTQ trailblazer.

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