Did you solve it? Dotty data and silly sentences The solutions to today’s puzzles – and the winner of the Anguish Languish contest The Guardian - UK · Jun 22
New spider that hunts dangerous ants using a spring-loaded trap discovered by scientists in Australia A ballista spider’s trap can launch ants at an acceleration comparable to a severe car crash The Independent UK · Jun 22
'Let's not fool the public': Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age As NASA's Artemis program hits its stride, there's an urgent need to guard against artistic misrepresentations of the moon, experts say. Space · Jun 22
Our sun is destined to 'kick and spit' its way across the solar system when it dies Scientists have discovered that dying stars don't go down without a fight, with red giants spitting out blobs of plasma and receiving a corresponding "kick." Space · Jun 22
James Webb Space Telescope captures the star-forming clouds of Orion A in stunning detail | Space photo of the day for June 22, 2026 The Orion A region has never looked as colorful and vibrant. Space · Jun 22
Launch monster: SpaceX has lofted more satellites than everyone else in history, combined SpaceX has now launched more satellites than the rest of humanity combined —and the gap will continue to widen over time. Space · Jun 22
Weight-loss drugs may also help boost men’s fertility, study finds GLP-1 drugs ‘may improve reproductive hormones and semen parameters’, scientists say The Independent UK · Jun 22
Can you solve it? Dotty data and silly sentences When numbers and sounds are not what they seem The Guardian - UK · Jun 22
Starwatch: how to spot Hercules the hero, jewel of the summer skies Search for lopsided body and limbs of constellation between bright stars Vega and Arcturus The Guardian - UK · Jun 22
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California (video) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Space · Jun 21
A mysterious gamma-ray stream comes from the Milky Way's center. Could dark matter have something to do with it? New research has failed to rule out self-annihilating dark matter as the source of a hotly debated gamma-ray emission known as the Galactic Center Excess radiating from the heart of the Milky Way. Space · Jun 21
Happy Summer Solstice! Today marks the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere The summer solstice marks the longest day and the start of astronomical summer. Space · Jun 21
'People Need Water Too!': Fury as Jeff Bezos Defends AI's Thirst for Billions of Gallons of Water While Communities Fear Shortage Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos defends the company's AI data centres amid criticism over their water usage, highlighting efficiency & comparing it to other sectors, while communities worry about local impacts International Business Times UK · Jun 20
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 215 — Disclosure Day On Episode 215 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Susan Karlin talk with bestselling sci-fi/sci-fact author Dr. David Brin. Space · Jun 20
Space · Jun 20 Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new 'echo map' technique suggests A technique called echo mapping suggests supermassive black holes, like that at the heart of the Milky Way, are surrounded by clusters of dark matter.
Space · Jun 20 Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.
Space · Jun 20 Do we need a lunar building code to build moon bases safely? As NASA pushes to build a sustained human presence on the moon, one expert says what's needed is a lunar building code.
Space · Jun 19 A private company will build and launch NASA's next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it's not SpaceX A California-based company will design, build and launch a spacecraft for NASA's Aeolus mission to orbit around Mars, where the probe will be the first to provide daily measurements of the planet's global environment.
Space · Jun 19 'This is not like life that we’ve experienced' 'Star City' cast on struggling to relate to the brutality of Soviet existence in Apple TV's For All Mankind' spin-off "I don’t have a relatable thing. This is not like life that we’ve experienced."
Space · Jun 19 The most unpredictable meteor shower of the year peaks this week. Here's what to expect The June Bootids usually produce just a handful of meteors, but this notoriously unpredictable shower has a history of surprise outbursts.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19 Graham Clarke obituary Other lives: Academic and author who specialised in the works of the psychoanalyst Ronald Fairbairn
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19 Pointless words that litter our language are, like, so unnecessary Letters: Readers reflect on Louis de Bernières’s dislike of imprecise and redundant speech
Space · Jun 19 'No one thought it was going to be possible.' A space telescope is falling out of space. This is NASA's daring plan to save it. (video) NASA's Swift space observatory is falling out of orbit. Can a commercial company build a spacecraft in nine months to save it?
International Business Times UK · Jun 19 Hidden 2011 Japan Earthquake Wave Threatens to Wake Up Sleeping Fault Lines and Spark Unexpected Disasters New analysis of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake indicates lingering seismic stress may be reactivating dormant fault lines and increasing earthquake risk.
Space · Jun 19 Menstruation in space will be studied for 1st time with 'Operation Period' Maybe the next Sally Ride won't be asked the "100 tampons" question.