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Bootid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here's what you need to know

27 June, 2025 - 16:00
The meteor shower radiant can be found in the constellation Bootes.

Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia

27 June, 2025 - 15:45
The fireball was bright enough to be spotted by a lightning-tracking satellite from orbit.

Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion 'contamination'

27 June, 2025 - 15:00
The Mexican president said there is a "general review underway of the international laws that are being violated."

How a fake astronaut fooled the world, broke women’s hearts, and landed in jail

27 June, 2025 - 12:00
For years, Robert Hunt convinced everyone he could that he was a NASA astronaut. The truth was anything but.

More than 1,800 National Science Foundation workers abruptly kicked out of agency headquarters

26 June, 2025 - 23:35
National Science Foundation employees were told they'll be removed from the agency's headquarters on Tuesday (June 24) with no direction yet for where to go.

Upcoming DC movies: Superman, Supergirl, Clayface, The Batman Part II & beyond

26 June, 2025 - 23:00
Superman is spearheading DC's big reboot in the realm of movies and TV, but what's coming next? And which projects are confined to elseworlds?

Astronomers discover baby planets taking their 1st steps in nearby stellar nursery (images)

26 June, 2025 - 22:00
Astronomers have discovered the first step in planet birth, finding hitherto unseen structures in 78 planetary disks in the star-forming region of Ophiuchus.

Rocket Lab launches 'Get the Hawk Outta Here' mission from New Zealand (video)

26 June, 2025 - 21:54
Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from New Zealand on June 26. The rocket carried a trio of radio frequency geolocation satellites and one experimental payload into a polar orbit.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3: Release date, cast & how to watch Paramount+'s summer sci-fi series

26 June, 2025 - 21:00
Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew are back and on the hunt for The Gorn. Here’s everything we know about 'Strange New Worlds' Season 3 after 2023’s cliffhanger finale.

Human remains lost after memorial spaceflight capsule crashes into the sea

26 June, 2025 - 20:00
The remains of 166 people part of a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight are presumed lost after The Exploration Company's "Mission Possible" capsule presumably crashes into Pacific Ocean.

See a vivid green fireball light up the northeastern US (video)

26 June, 2025 - 19:00
The fireball was visible from several states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

Northern lights may be visible in these 10 US States tonight

26 June, 2025 - 18:06
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere fuels geomagnetic storms with a high-speed solar wind.

A star exploded in the Lupus constellation. Here's how to see the nova in the night sky this month

26 June, 2025 - 18:00
The nova appears to be dimming and may soon be undetectable by the unaided eye.

Alien life could survive deadly stellar radiation, Earth's desert lichen reveal

26 June, 2025 - 17:00
A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest conditions on Earth in the form of lichen.

Rubin Observatory takes its 1st look at the night skies | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2025

26 June, 2025 - 16:00
The telescope, working with the world's largest digital camera, scans the night sky in search of dark matter.

Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler'

26 June, 2025 - 15:00
The amount of data generated by the Rubin Observatory is going to blow all previous cosmic datasets out of the water, but handling that much information poses a severe challenge.

NASA's been pulling out of major astronomy meetings — and scientists are feeling the effects

26 June, 2025 - 12:00
NASA and the National Science Foundation cancelled their major events at a major astronomy conference this summer. Scientists who attended were left disappointed.

From the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites (video)

25 June, 2025 - 23:33
SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Watch live: Axiom-4 astronauts aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon dock with International Space Station today

25 June, 2025 - 23:00
After more than 24 hours on orbit, the the private astronaut crew of Axiom-4 will catch up to the International Space Station to dock for their two-week mission.

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