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SpaceX to raise at least $75 billion in IPO
Space News - 4 Jun 2026 02:54
SpaceX plans to raise at least $75 billion in its initial public offering, valuing the company at more than $1.75 trillion. The post SpaceX to raise at least $75 billion in IPO appeared first on SpaceNews.
New Cloud-Detecting Method Will Help Astronomers Characterize Exoplanets
Universe Today - 4 Jun 2026 22:54
Astronomers have developed a technique that allows them to detect cloud cycles on distant exoplanets.Using data from the James Webb Sapce Telescope (JWST), the astronomers found that mornings and evenings on the gas gian...
Image: Colorful, chaotic Jupiter
Phys.org - 4 Jun 2026 22:40
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter's northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024.
Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'
SPACE.com - 4 Jun 2026 21:00
Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf stars.
NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing
NASA Breaking news - 4 Jun 2026 20:36
NASAsHi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project brought together its full team of Advanced Composites Consortium partners fora2026springreview at NASAs Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The meet...
Even Without A Magnetosphere, Mars Can Still Deflect Some Solar Wind
Universe Today - 4 Jun 2026 20:09
New research shows how unmagnetized worlds like Mars can still deflect some of the Sun's solar wind. Unlike magnetospheres that form around planet's like Earth, this effect takes place in Mars' ionosphere. It...
August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% 'blood moon'
SPACE.com - 4 Jun 2026 19:00
A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028.
Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth
Phys.org - 4 Jun 2026 18:40
A foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available to researchers, it was announced at a computer industry conference this week in Denver, U.S.
SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)
SPACE.com - 4 Jun 2026 18:06
More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.
The Unexpected Brightness 'Gap' in an Ancient Globular Cluster
Universe Today - 4 Jun 2026 17:23
Scientists using the Euclid space telescope found a red-dwarf brightness gap in the population of a globular cluster-an ancient, crowded collection of stars. A similar gap was detected by the Gaia observatory in nearby s...
Record ultraviolet quasar wind reaches 30% light speed near supermassive black hole
Phys.org - 4 Jun 2026 17:20
A team led by York University researchers has discovered the fastest wind near a supermassive black hole ever found at ultraviolet wavelengths, driven by the disk of matter (quasar) surrounding the black hole.
12 of the weirdest 'Masters of the Universe' characters
SPACE.com - 4 Jun 2026 17:00
By the power of what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were strange, they've got nothing on He-Man and Skeletor's entourages.
AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft
Space News - 4 Jun 2026 16:03
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has completed assembly of its latest spacecraft for launch later this year, incorporating lessons from a failed mission last year. The post AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft a...
Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter
NASA Breaking news - 4 Jun 2026 15:58
NASAs Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiters northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from th...
Atmosphere survival model refines search for habitable planets
Phys.org - 4 Jun 2026 15:40
Researchers have developed the Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM) to assess which planets can maintain life-supporting atmospheres, focusing on size and atmospheric dynamics.
NASA Concludes Antenna Mishap Investigation, Releases Report
NASA Breaking news - 4 Jun 2026 15:22
NASA has completed the investigation into the damage sustained last year at its 70-meter radio-frequency antenna, known as the Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barst...
Delian Asparouhov and Philip Johnston on making the case for orbital data centers
Space News - 4 Jun 2026 15:03
This episode of Space Minds is from SpaceNews recent event on orbital data centers. There, Jeff Foust talks with talks with Founders Funds Delian Asparouhov about why hes warming to [] The post Delian Asparouhov and Phil...
Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth
ESA - 4 Jun 2026 15:00
A foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available to researchers, it was announced at a computer industry conference this week in Denver, US.
NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It's not the only probe in the Mars morgue
SPACE.com - 4 Jun 2026 15:00
NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.
Vast astronaut mission kicks off commercial race to replace ISS
Phys.org - 4 Jun 2026 14:40
The race to replace the aging International Space Station is heating up after US company Vast announced a mission to fly an astronaut to its planned Haven-1 station next year.
Cosmic Tryst: Venus Meets Jupiter at Dusk
Universe Today - 4 Jun 2026 14:06
Its a familiar annual question, that were already hearing as we enter into June. What are those two bright objects in the west? Theyre none other than the two brightest planets in the sky, Jupiter and Venus. Keep an eye ...
JWST 'weighs' dormant black hole 10 billion light-years away
Phys.org - 4 Jun 2026 14:00
The most distant, nearly invisible dormant black hole has been detected and "weighed" by an international team of astronomers that includes researchers from UCL. The study, published in Science, identified a dorm...