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Horoscope for Thursday, June 15, 2023

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 8 to 9 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Taurus into Gemini.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023

Watch 2 NASA astronauts spacewalk outside space station today in this free livestream

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday (June 15), and you can watch the excursion live.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock

Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

Friendless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets may not be so lonely after all

Jupiter-like exoplanets that are blisteringly close to their parent stars were long thought to be alone in their star systems. But a new study has now revealed that many of them might have companions.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

Scientists Searching Center Of Milky Way Galaxy For Advanced Alien Life

The area is dense with stars and possible habitable exoplanets. 

Zenger · Jun 14, 2023

Watch scientists turn an aircraft into a moon gravity research lab (video)

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

This collapsed star is turning into an gigantic diamond before our eyes

Scientists have found a white dwarf that is cooling and crystallizing into a giant diamond.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet has a weird orbit and another planet may be to blame

Astronomers have used NASA's TESS telescope to discover a new 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet with a strange orbit.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

SpaceX aims to launch Starship again in 6 to 8 weeks, Elon Musk says

SpaceX aims to launch the next test flight of its giant Starship rocket in six to eight weeks, Elon Musk said.

Space · Jun 14, 2023

4 elusive 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets discovered in a cosmic game of hide-and-seek

Astronomers spotted four elusive mini-Neptune planets with the exoplanet-hunting telescope CHEOPS.

Space · Jun 14, 2023