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Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026

Hundreds of students came together to design, build, and test rovers on an Earth obstacle course to prepare for the moon as part of a NASA challenge.

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Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.

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Unlocking 'the true space age': Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft

Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's first-ever employee — just raised $500 million to build out the ultra-mobile spacecraft that it believes will transform the space economy.

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Will SpaceX still be a launch company after its historic IPO?

What does SpaceX's coming IPO mean for the company, investors and markets in general?

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How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars

How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the bright beautiful structures exoplanets create.

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Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal

3D simulations reveal how shockwaves from stellar explosions and winds may carve hub-and-spoke structures in molecular clouds, shaping star formation in the Milky Way.

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'The Lone Gunmen' at 25: the underrated 'X-Files' spin-off that aspired to be 'Mission: Impossible' with geeks

Conspiracy theories, print media, and James (sorry, Jimmy) Bond collide in an all-too-brief extension of Mulder and Scully's world.

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Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space

Satellites zoomed-in on the aftermath of the New Glenn rocket explosion at Blue Origin's LC-36 launchpad, and the extent of the damage is visible from orbit.

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NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.

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It had the power! The weird origins of He-Man, Skeletor, and the 'Masters of the Universe'

Mattel's musclebound response to 'Star Wars' had a life of its own

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The 2026 hurricane season has begun. Will this year be calmer?

Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a below-normal number of named storms in the upcoming 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Manhattanhenge is back! | Space photo of the day for June 1, 2026

The city spectacle is back for 2026 — and don't worry you'll have another chance to see it in July.

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3 bright planets light up June's night sky — Here's where and when to look

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline a spectacular month of planetary viewing.

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Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'

This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.

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May's Blue Moon wows stargazers worldwide — see these stunning photos of the smallest full moon of 2026

The second full moon of May put on a spectacular show on May 31.

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'A pretty significant setback': How Blue Origin's rocket explosion affects NASA's moon plans

The explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is a big setback for the spaceflight company and will have implications for NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.

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'The Arrival' at 30: Charlie Sheen’s criminally underrated alien invasion thriller feels much scarier today

'If you can't tend to your own planet, none of you deserve to live here.'

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Watch this bio-inspired Mars rover concept 'swim' through sand on curved wheels (video)

The sandfish locomotion idea has been adopted from Scincus scincus, a lizard found in the Sahara desert.

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The 11 best cozy sci-fi games for those chill cosmic vibes

From farming and walking sims to space trucking, you can live that cozy life… but in space!

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Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space?

"I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about."

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'For All Mankind' star Wrenn Schmidt on her character's journey from NASA's mission control to the slammer (interview)

‘She listens to Dolly Parton now. She’s exposed to all kinds of things being in jail, because she’s got nothing but time.’

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 212 — Kabooms, Starship, and a Moon Base

On Episode 212 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Space.com's Mike Wall to discuss the loss of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

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Why is the idea of a Blue Moon so enchanting?

What is it about the Blue Moon that inspires us to write songs and name beers after it?

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'I was literally becoming Teela': We chat to Camilla Mendes about kicking ass in 'Masters of the Universe'

He-Man isn't the only one with a sword.

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Watch the smallest full moon of 2026 tonight in this rare 'Blue Moon' livestream

Don't miss 2026's smallest full moon with this livestream from Italy with the Virtual Telescope Project. The 'Blue Moon' livestream will begin at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT).

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