NASA continues to test various robotic models in a simulated lunar surface as it works toward the goal of having humans back on the moon. What is it? The RASSOR…
Category: Astronomy
June full moon shines on SpaceX Dragon photo of the day for June 12, 2025
The month of June hosted some stunning moon watching in the night sky, as this photo from SpaceX shows. What is it? On June 11, 2025, SpaceX’s X account posted…
Get 57% off these Bushnell binoculars in time for Father’s Day
The Bushnell Trophy XLT binoculars are some of the best budget binoculars around, and in this binocular deal, they’re just 97 cents off their lowest-ever price. So if you’re on…
We’re halfway between the April 2024 and August 2026 total solar eclipses, here’s why we’re excited
There may be no total solar eclipse this year, but June 10, 2025, is a landmark event of sorts for eclipse chasers worldwide — the halfway point between the last…
There’s an infinite amount of energy locked in the vacuum of space-time, could we ever use it?
There may be an infinite amount of energy locked in the vacuum of space-time. So could we ever harness this energy for anything useful? The idea of vacuum energy comes…
See the moon shine with famous red star Antares in the southern sky on June 9
The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the night of June 9. Stargazers in the U.S. will find the moon…
It’s been nearly a century since Chicago saw a powerful dust storm like this (satellite video)
In mid-May, a giant wall of dust paraded across parts of the U.S. Midwest, and, thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) East…
Atlas V rocket to launch Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites on June 13
Amazon’s second fleet of internet satellites now has a target launch date. The stack of 27 satellites, part of Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation, is scheduled to launch on a United…
Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (424482) 2008 DG5 close encounter: online observation – 5 June 2025 – YouTube Watch On A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is…
James Webb Space Telescope unveils fiery origins of a distant, hellish exoplanet
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered the tumultuous history of a distant, hellishly hot exoplanet that’s being stretched and scorched by its star. The planet, known…
