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Astronaut captures snake-like auroras from a SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 9, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured an incredible view of auroras over Earth on June 6, 2026. | Credit: NASA/Jessica MeirNASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a...
Chinese Velociraptor cousin had a taste for birds
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - About 120 million years ago in what is now northwestern China, many kinds of birds flocked to a lakeside ecosystem. This dense avian population would have offered a smorgasbord for a small and opportunistic carnivorous...
Don’t miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction tonight: Here’s where and when to look
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Venus glows above Jupiter in March 2023. | Credit: Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGet ready for a spectacular sight tonight (June 9), as Jupiter...
Scientists propose spraying chemicals into Earth’s magnetic field to protect us from powerful solar storms
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: ESA & NASAWhen severe solar storms hurtle toward Earth, the planet's first line of defense is its magnetosphere, a vast magnetic bubble that deflects the...
James Webb Space Telescope weighs ‘sleeping giant’ black hole from 10 billion light-years away — and it’s 6…
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The lensed galaxy MRG-M013 which the JWST used to weigh a distant supermassive black hole. | Credit: NASA/JWSTUsing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers...
New image of the Crystal Ball Nebula captures the ‘spectacular’ throes of a dying star
A new image showcases a dazzling celestial object — a star, paired with another, in the throes of dying that resembles a crystal ball.Scientists captured the image of NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula, with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph. The...
Why do Venus and Jupiter meet up in the sky so often? It’s a symptom of a solar system that supports life o…
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Jupiter and Venus approach conjunction behind Rocca Calascio castle in Italy on April 30, 2022. | Credit: Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesShortly after...
This former Paralympic athlete could become the 1st person with a physical disability to live in orbit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.John McFall stands in a mockup International Space Station module. | Credit: ESAA former Paralympic athlete could end up breaking some records in the final...
How SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has achieved Musk’s lofty ambitions
By Akash Sriram and Echo Wang June 8 (Reuters) - When SpaceX goes public on Friday with what is expected to be a record-setting IPO, it will cap two decades of founder and CEO Elon Musk's ambition to transform rocketry, satellite communications and humanity’s reach...
The US likely set an all-time heat record for March. Yes, it’s climate change
An unprecedented heat wave in the West likely broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening.A temporary weather station near Martinez...
The push to end animal testing is gaining steam, but technology can’t fill the gap yet
A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars.“Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post says. “We’re changing that.”Animal testing has been a target of the...
Rocket Lab launches private Japanese ‘Strix’ satellite
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Rocket Lab[embedded content]Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective on Friday (March 20).An Electron...
Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.This diagram shows the path Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), or K1, took as it swung past the sun and began its journey out of the solar system. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...
Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to launch pad | Space photo of the day for March 20, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, roll out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, Friday,...
The US is on the verge of an all-time heat record for March. Yes, it’s climate change
An unprecedented heat wave in the West is on the verge of breaking the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening.A weather station near...
‘Project Hail Mary’ explores unique forms of life in space – 5 essential reads on searching for aliens that look nothing like life on Earth
“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from critics and audiences alike. The movie explores a few unique forms...
NASA won’t give up hope on silent MAVEN Mars probe: ‘We’re still looking for it’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Artist's conception of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. . | Credit: NASA/GSFCNASA has yet to reestablish contact with its MAVEN Mars spacecraft despite ongoing...
Earthshine will reveal the moon’s hidden face tonight— here’s how to see it
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Earthshine illuminates the moon as it rises near the Empire State Building in New York. | Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesLook to the west after sunset this week...
Early Southwest heat is latest in parade of weather extremes as Earth warms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds.Experts said...
Repaired moon rocket heads back to launch pad for April 1 blastoff
NASA's repaired Artemis II moon rocket began a glacial 12-hour trip back to the launch pad early Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting the stage for a delayed April 1 launch to send four astronauts on a historic nine-day flight around the moon and...
Heat records topple as the West bakes
An early-season heat wave baking the West this week obliterated numerous all-time records in California and Arizona on Wednesday and Thursday.The summerlike conditions are expected to persist and expand east in the coming days.Across Southern California and the Desert...
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