The moon will join Saturn in the predawn sky on Saturday (June 18). The pair will be visible to the naked eye and through a pair of binoculars.
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Fire shuts down Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona
A fast-burning wildfire shut down all operations at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, home to one of the largest collections of astronomical instruments in the United States.
Live coverage: SpaceX set to launch 53 more Starlink internet satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-19 mission launched SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.
Hubble Space Telescope's cosmic birdwatching finds a crane amid the stars
Hubble's cameras captured a fresh cosmic image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7496.
'Factorian Deep,' the new deepest point in Antarctica's Southern Ocean, mapped for the first time
Researchers have published the most detailed map of Antarctica's frigid Southern Ocean to date, including the ocean's new deepest point, the "Factorian Deep."
Best 3D printers 2022: FDM & resin printers to help you create at home
All the best 3D printers for engineers, hobbyists, miniature gamers, and cosplayers.
Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 13th mission today
SpaceX plans to launch one of its Falcon 9 rockets for a record-setting 13th time today (June 17), and you can watch the action live.
NASA astronaut helped Pixar find space ranger's new look in 'Lightyear'
Tom Marshburn may not be the real-life Buzz Lightyear, but the space ranger — at least as he appears in the new movie "Lightyear" — would not be the same without the NASA astronaut.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 17 – 25
The five naked-eye planets form a diagonal line in the dawn this week — in order of their distance from the Sun, no less. And the waning Moon visits each one in turn, day by day. The planetless evening sky features the Big Dipper hanging down, the Little Dipper floating up, Leo walking away, and the two brightest summer stars nearly straddling the zenith.
Earth from Space: Glacier Bay, Alaska
Part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, which lies along the coast of southeast Alaska, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Vega-C set for inaugural launch
ESA’s new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked stages now ready for payload integration, final checks and launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
SpaceX to launch 3 rockets from 3 pads in 3 days this weekend
SpaceX aims to launch three rockets from three different launch pads in three days starting on Friday (June 17).
First tower segment for SpaceX’s Starship launch site moves to pad 39A
The first segment of SpaceX’s Starship launch tower moves by the Vehicle Assembly Building late Wednesday on the way to pad 39A. Credit: Steven Young / Spaceflight Now
The first segment of a new launch tower for SpaceX’s behemoth Starship rocket moved across the Kennedy Space Center late Wednesday to pad 39A, where the company is poised to erect one of the tallest structures at the Cape Canaveral spaceport.
Rare 5-planet alignment comes into better view this week. Here's what to expect.
A rare parade of planets is coming into better view in the second half of June, and even the moon will join the show.
Exclusive: 'Star Wars' legend Phil Tippett discusses his terrifying new animated odyssey 'Mad God'
Academy Award-winning VFX artist Phil Tippett discusses his epic sci-fi horror project, "Mad God," which arrived on Shudder on June 16.
NASA assigns 2 astronauts to fly on Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed mission
NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on Crew Flight Test, Starliner's first crewed mission to the International Space Station.
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is hemorrhaging ice faster than in the past 5,500 years
Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future.
See a Stunning New Picture of the Tarantula Nebula
When it comes to exciting places to look in the sky, the Tarantula Nebula is hard to beat. It’s got cloudy star-forming regions, hot young stars, and star clusters. It’s one of the brightest and most active star birth areas in the Milky Way’s neighborhood. It’s also got an amazing collection of massive stars. That range of stellar activity makes the Tarantula almost the perfect laboratory to study the mechanics of star formation.
Astronomers Caught Betelgeuse Just Before it Started Dimming and Might Have Seen a Pressure Wave Rippling Through its Atmosphere
A couple of years ago, Betelgeuse generated much interest when it started dimming. That caught the attention of astronomers worldwide, who tried to understand what was happening. Was it about to go supernova?
A Strange White Dwarf with a Chaotic Past
New observations show that a Mercury-like world and a comet-like object fell onto a white dwarf, indicating past orbital chaos.
