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Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires
Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.
How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?
The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.
Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life
Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan?
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."
Did you ever hear the tragedy of 'Star Wars: Underworld', George Lucas' cancelled Star Wars TV show?
George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 — so what happened?
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon
On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.
Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?
The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious
The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 - 27, 2025
The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.
Japan launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket (video)
The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them.
Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.
SpaceX sends Starlink satellites into space on 1st launch of a Saturday doubleheader
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 27 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on the first of two launches scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Look for the 'Other Dipper' this summer: How to find Ursa Minor, the Little Bear with a little help from the North Star
Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.
15 years before Helldivers 2, Lost Planet 2 taught us that the only good bug was a dead bug
One of the most overlooked sequels in Capcom's history, Lost Planet 2 walked so games like Helldivers 2 and Space Marine 2 could run.
See the crescent moon dance with Mars and the bright star Regulus this weekend
For some lucky viewers, the moon will pass directly in front of Mars.
Nozzle blows off rocket booster during test for NASA's Artemis program (video)
A solid rocket engine for NASA's Space Launch System rocket experienced an anomaly during a static fire test at the booster's Northrop Grumman facilities June 26.
Hello, neighbor! See the Andromeda galaxy like never before in stunning new image from NASA's Chandra telescope (video)
Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates nebula-like ring in night sky | Space photo of the day for June 27, 2025
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.
Bootid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here's what you need to know
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
The fireball was bright enough to be spotted by a lightning-tracking satellite from orbit.