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Home again! SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down off California coast

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to Earth today (June 17), ending its monthlong mission to the International Space Station.

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Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander for NASA Moon Base mission

Astrobotic unveiled its next lander headed to the moon: Griffin-1, which will carry one of the heaviest payloads ever delivered to the lunar surface.

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SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st launch as a public company (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, June 15, 2026.

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These are the 7 best sci-fi games I saw at Summer Game Fest 2026

This is where the fun begins.

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'Everybody came with their A-game': Oscar-winning sound editor Andy Nelson talks reuniting with Spielberg & John Williams for 'Disclosure Day'

'The truth is, everybody came with their A-game. Because the script called for it. Steven definitely calls for it.'

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NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way

NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles per hour.

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Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip

A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the moon.

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Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for June 15, 2026

This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.

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Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found'

These results could benefit space weather forecasts.

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We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th

Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.

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Catch Mercury shining at its best tonight before it slips back into the sun's glare

Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15.

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How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago

Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "All Around the Moon" were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell a tale that now seems remarkably familiar: three astronauts in a conical capsule on a free-return trajectory around the moon.

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New moon of June 2026 brings stunning views of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter

The nights surrounding the new moon on June 14 are the perfect time to hunt for planets and sparkling constellations in the late spring sky.

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'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes

"We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation."

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Millions could see a rare sunset during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's where to look

Plan now to be in the right place at the right time for an unforgettable show.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 214 — Moon Man

On Episode 214 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about his past and the space agency's future.

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Closer every day: A spectacular 30-day collage of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction (photo)

Venus appeared to move closer to Jupiter in Earth's sky, as the two planets drifted farther apart in space.

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How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon

An autonomous rolling rover that was able to transform from a sphere into a robot successfully explored a small part of the moon in 2024.

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Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That's how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments

NASA took an unconventional approach to informing the astronauts of Artemis 3 about their crew assignments.

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SpaceX's stock wasn't the company's only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market.

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Japan's H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites

Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.

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Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?

The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.

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Why is the US Space Force researching 'orbital warehouses'?

As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.

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'Disclosure Day' review: A close encounter with Spielberg's brilliance that doesn't quite make contact

Sensational performances and stunning cinematography just about cover for a predictable plot with nothing much to say.

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'As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it': 'Star City's' Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV's soviet space race spin-off (interview)

'I think it’s a really interesting environment to delve into. Ultimately, it's a culture of survival.'

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