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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.

Space

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.

Space

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.

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Launch of Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites scrubbed due to rocket issue

The planned June 16 launch of the second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites was scrubbed due to an issue with a ULA Atlas V rocket.

Space

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.

Space

Why does NASA's Perseverance rover keep taking pictures of this maze on Mars?

NASA's Perseverance rover regularly images a Sherlock Holmes–themed maze to calibrate its chemical-hunting SHERLOC instrument.

Space

Japanese firm declares lunar mission a failure after crash landing

The failed mission comes two years after the Japanese start-up’s first moonshot ended in a crash landing.

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Musk threatens to decommission a key space station link for NASA

Elon Musk is threatening to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA

The Independent UK

Musk backs down on threat to retire SpaceX Dragon spacecraft amid Trump dispute

World’s richest person says craft, which Nasa relies on to take astronauts to ISS, won’t be decommissioned after pleas from X users

The Guardian - US

Brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrives at pad for June 10 astronaut launch (photo)

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Ax-4 astronaut mission has arrived at its pad ahead of a planned June 10 launch.

Space

Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon likely ends in failure

Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdown

The Guardian - US

Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in 'hard landing,' ispace says

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander went dark just before it was scheduled to touch down on the moon today (June 5), raising doubts about the venture's success.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe

Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies.

Space

Don’t miss Spica shine with the waxing gibbous moon tonight

Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

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Astronomers discover most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang

Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful phenomena known, aside from the Big Bang.

Space

The Knife Edge Galaxy cuts a sharp profile in new amateur portrait (photo)

The spiral galaxy NGC 5907 is positioned edge-on to Earth.

Space

Astronomers simulate a star's final moments as it's swallowed by a black hole: 'Breaks like an egg'

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

Space

Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.

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Aurora alert: Incoming solar storm could spark auroras as far south as New York and Idaho this weekend

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies as we might be in for another show this weekend, albeit slightly smaller than the performances earlier this week.

Tom’s Hardware

Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its own advanced chip packaging factory in Texas – 700mm x 700mm substrate size purported to be the largest in the industry

Elon Musk reportedly plans to move some chip packaging capabilities in-house at SpaceX.

The Independent UK

Private Japanese lunar lander crashes while attempting Moon touchdown

Tokyo-based company ispace declares mission a failure several hours after communication lost with lander

Space

SpaceX launches Starlink satellite stack from Vandenberg Space Force Base (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base this evening (June 4), carrying 27 Starlink satellites for the company's growing wireless internet constellation.

Space

ispace's Resilience spacecraft lands on the moon today: Here's how to see the landing zone on the lunar surface

The lander won't be visible from Earth, but its landing site on Mare Frigoris will be.

Space

A tiny star gave birth to a giant exoplanet, but no one knows how

A giant exoplanet is surprisingly chill given how close it is to its red dwarf star — perhaps because the star is so little.

Space

Mount Etna's terrifying eruption from orbit | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2025

A satellite from the European Space Agency captured huge plumes of ash and smoke from Europe's largest volcano.

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