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Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
The sharpest images ever captured of the sun reveal intricate magnetic structures dancing across its surface.
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.
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.
Vast cosmic voids are far from empty — they're hiding something dark
The vast, seemingly empty spaces between galaxies are not entirely empty. So what's in these cosmic voids?
Atlas V rocket to launch Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites on June 13
The second big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites will launch next Friday (June 13) from Florida, if all goes to plan.
One of the best star projectors on the market — the Pococo Galaxy Star Projector — is at its lowest ever price ahead of Father's Day
The Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is currently 28% off and will arrive in time for Father's Day — and you can get its lowest-ever price before Prime Day too.
'Predator: Killer of Killers' is a battle across history that doesn't dwell on the franchise's past
The latest Predator movie – the series’ first foray into animation – is much more than a quick retread of old ideas in three distant settings.
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.
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.
Elon Musk says SpaceX could begin 'decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft' after Trump threat to cancel contracts
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are having a very public disagreement at the moment, and NASA could get caught in the crosshairs.
Marc Garneau, 1st Canadian astronaut to fly into space, dies at 76
The first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, Marc Garneau, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 76. In addition to his three launches, Garneau also led the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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.
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.
'Star Wars: Zero Company' – Release window, trailers & everything we know
XCOM meets the Clone Wars in Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming squad-based strategy game coming in 2026.
Fireball streaks through aurora-filled skies | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2025
Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.
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.
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.
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.
The 1st official 'Alien: Earth' trailer is finally here, and the xenomorphs aren't the only invaders we need to worry about (video)
The main trailer for FX's Alien: Earth has Xenomorphs, a synthetic-human hybrid, and some new extra-terrestrial creatures we weren't expecting.
The Knife Edge Galaxy cuts a sharp profile in new amateur portrait (photo)
The spiral galaxy NGC 5907 is positioned edge-on to Earth.