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 · Jun 6, 2025
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. Space · Jun 6, 2025
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 · Jun 6, 2025
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 · Jun 6, 2025
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 · Jun 6, 2025
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. Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
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. Space · Jun 5, 2025
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 · Jun 5, 2025
Space · Jun 5, 2025 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 · Jun 5, 2025 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 · Jun 5, 2025 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.
Space · Jun 5, 2025 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 · Jun 5, 2025 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 · Jun 5, 2025 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 · Jun 5, 2025 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 · Jun 4, 2025 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 · Jun 4, 2025 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 · Jun 4, 2025 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.
Space · Jun 4, 2025 How an odd star in the 'Gaia Sausage' could help solve one of astronomy's most enduring mysteries The discovery of a metal-rich star packed with both light and heavy elements hints at exotic stellar explosions and the role of ancient dwarf galaxies in seeding the cosmos with uranium and thorium.